Jason looked at Vivian's messy hair and says, "You look great!"

As I crunched my foot into the end table I said "That felt great!"

Occurs when the outcome of work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite of what one had expected

In a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

The firehouse burned down.

When there's a hurricane raging outside and someone remarks "What lovely weather we're having."

One common form of this type of irony is sarcasm, where the speaker uses irony to mock or make fun of something.

It is the difference between what we expect to happen, and what actually does happen.

A man takes a step back to avoid getting sprinkled by a wet dog, and falls into a swimming pool.