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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning..
[T]he first man came right up to me and held out his hand in the European manner of greeting, save only that it was the left hand instead of the right, and in an English the most mutilated and full of antiphrases I had ever heard said that he was my friend[.]
Use antiphrase when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antiphrase means A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]he first man came right up to me and held out his hand in the European manner of greeting, save only that it was the left hand instead of the right, and in an English the most mutilated and full of antiphrases I had ever heard said that he was my friend[.]
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