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Word "OXYMORON" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

Crossword Clues for OXYMORON

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Rhetorical figure in which contradictory terms are used in conjunction (8) Mirror Quiz 19 Aug 2025
Self-contradictory word The Times Concise 13 Aug 2025
Hulking beast, at the end of the day, is an utter fool for using this figure of speech
Contradictory or incongruous phrase (8)
Absurd disagreement beginning in Yorkshire, increasingly interminable in English county The Telegraph Toughie 29 Apr 2025
Tip off the foxy twit, it could be bitter-sweet (8)
Deafening silence perhaps after studio finally axes Flash Gordon, Blessed being dismissed separately The Telegraph Toughie 27 Sep 2024
"original copy," say
Self-contradictory figure of speech (8)
Element in "Night of the Living Dead" LA Times Daily 22 Jun 2024
Living death, say, of old fool consuming variable amounts
Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (8)
Rhetorical device juxtaposing apparent contradictions The Guardian Weekend 23 Mar 2024
Self-contradicting figure of speech (8)
'Old news' or 'original copy' USA Today 26 Sep 2022
Figure of speech in which contradictory terms are used together Irish Times Simplex 13 Jan 2022
Stupid contradiction of love kiss planted on celebrity's rear end and tit
Contradiction in terms Irish Times Simplex 03 May 2021
Love and sex play, finally, with an idiot? Idiot savant, perhaps
Deafening silence, perhaps, after Oscar axes dunce
"Jumbo shrimp," e.g Premier Sunday 27 Sep 2020
Unbiased opinion, e.g New York Times 26 Sep 2020
Oscar coordinates fool's original copy?
Old news, e.g The Washington Post Sunday 15 Dec 2019
Figure of speech The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2019
Contradiction in terms The Times Concise 21 Jul 2019
Neat conclusion to Motley Fool, a figure of speech
'Original copy' or 'open secret' New York Times 11 Sep 2018
''Original copy'' or ''alone together'' Newsday 15 Aug 2018
Head of Ofcom coordinates satellite coverage of rugby at first, which seems contradictory
"Original copy" or "open secret"
'Definite maybe' or 'open secret,' e.g Wall Street Journal 18 Dec 2017
Phrase with two words of contradictory meaning used for special effect The Telegraph General Knowledge 12 Nov 2017
'Do you say things that are self-contradictory? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you.' Jonesin 06 Dec 2016
'Jumbo shrimp,' for one Eugene Sheffer 26 Oct 2016
Bullish idiot producing contradiction in terms The Telegraph Toughie 18 Oct 2016
Figure of speech The Times Concise 25 Jan 2016
New moon, with x OR y, makes darkness visible perhaps
Open secret, e.g LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2015
Cunning, but no brain? Fool, yes
Pretty ugly, for one Universal 04 Jun 2015
Figure of speech conjoining contradictory terms The Telegraph General Knowledge 03 May 2015
Axes to split old plank, pretty ugly one
First off, cunning idiot could be one of these
Open secret, e.g.
Pretty ugly, for one
A word for example which is a little big
"Jumbo shrimp," for one
Alone together, e.g.
Military intelligence, e.g., according to George Carlin
Clearly confused, e.g.
Deafening silence, e.g.
Hell's Angels, e.g.
Deafening silence, e.g.
Head butt, e.g.
Guest host, for example
Deafening silence, e.g.
Light heavyweight, e.g.
"True Lies," literarily
Figure of speech
Pretty ugly, e.g.
Working vacation, e.g.
"Jumbo shrimp," e.g.
"Deafening silence," e.g.
"Definite maybe," e.g.
Pretty ugly, e.g.
Civil war, e.g.
"Sweet sorrow," e.g.
Phrase like "thundering silence"
GUEST HOST
Combination like "thundering silence"
"Thunderous silence," e.g.
Phrase such as "cruel kindness"
"And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."
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