Say opposite of what is meant {verbal irony, rhetoric} {ironia}.
Say opposite of what is meant {antiphrasis}.
Use labels or epithets, usually ironic, for real names {antonomasia}.
Say it is hard to choose between two bad alternatives {aporia}.
Use exaggerated word, for irony {auxesis}. It uses understatement or overstatement.
Ironically grant permission {epitrope}.
Ironically substitute milder words for harsh ones {euphemism}|. Milder word can replace offensive word.
Assert something by denying opposite {litotes}. It uses understatement.
Use lesser word, for irony {meiosis, rhetoric}. It uses understatement or overstatement.
Combine opposite ideas in epigram-like form or use apparent contradiction or inconsistency for ironic emphasis {oxymoron}|.
Substitute words containing general idea for harsher words, for irony {paradiastole}. It uses substitution.
Say one will not mention something and then say it {apophasis} {paralepsis} {preteritio}.
Use two words, one apt and the other ironic, or one word with double purpose {zeugma}.
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