ENGLISH → NEPALI
antiphrasis
01
noun
विपरीतार्थक प्रयोग, व्यङ्ग्यार्थ
Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.
In a sentence
When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis.
जब उनीहरूले उसलाई एकदमै नराम्रो भने, तब उनीहरू उसलाई दुष्ट भन्दै थिएनन्। यो विपरीतार्थक प्रयोग थियो।
A note on usage
countable; rhetoric; uncountable