Definition of "tragic irony" []

• Dramatic irony in a tragedy. (noun)

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• "It was to be a tragic irony of history that this gracious home, with its noble aspect and high-mullioned windows, was to feature in the most famous and melancholy chapter in our brief chronicle of former days. ""