Examples of Oxymoron (pl. Oxymora)
>> 03 September 2015
OXYMORON
n. pl. ox·y·mo·rons or ox·y·mo·ra (-môr′ə)
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined.
A.
alone together
Awfully pretty
Amazingly awful
Alone together
Act naturally
Appear invisible
Awfully lucky
Awfully good
Awfully delicious
Aggressive Defense
All Alone
Alone in a crowd
Altogether Separate
Amicable Divorce
Arrogant Humility
B.
bitter sweet
Beautifully painful
Big baby
Bad Sport
Blank expression
Blind date
Blind eye
C.
civil war
clearly
misunderstood
Complete separation
Confessional truth
Constructive
criticism
comfortable misery
conspicuous absence
cool passion
Cool sex
crash landing
cruel kindness
cheerful pessimist
Clearly confused
Casual sex
D.
deafening silence
deceptively honest
definite maybe
Delicious torment
deliberate speed
devout atheist
dull roar
Deafening silence
Dark snow
Dark light
Definitely maybe
Disgustingly
delicious
Divided unity
Drawing a blank
E.
eloquent silence
Expressive silence
even odds
exact estimate
extinct life
Eyes wide shut
F.
Fairly biased
Fan fatale
Fatal attraction
Foolish wisdom
festive tranquillity
found missing
freezer burn
friendly takeover
Friendly argument
Friendly
confrontation
Friendly fights
G.
Ground pilot
genuine imitation
good grief
Good loser
growing smaller
guest host
Goodbye reception
Growing smaller
Great depression
Great tragedy
H.
historical present
humane slaughter
Heavy diet
Happy sad
I.
icy hot
idiot savant
ill health
impossible solution
intense apathy
Indirect
communication
Innocent seduction
J.
jumbo shrimp
joyful sadness
Just friends
L.
Liquid gas
larger half
lead balloon
living dead
living end
living sacrifices
loosely sealed
loud whisper
Loud silence
loyal opposition
Liquid food
Light darkness
Least favorite
Ladies man
Lifeless
relationship
Love crime
Love hate
relationship
Lover's quarrel
M.
Mean smile
Mild enthusiasm
Misanthropic
Philanthropist
mournful optimist
magic realism
militant pacifist
minor miracle
Mutual difference
N.
negative growth
negative income
Noticeable absence
Naturally strange
No comment
Numb feeling
O.
old news
one-man band
only choice
openly deceptive
open secret
original copy
overbearingly modest
Objective opinion
P.
Political Honesty
paper tablecloth
paper towel
peaceful conquest
Peaceful conflict
Peaceful fight
Perfect mismatch
Physical chemistry
plastic glasses
plastic silverware
Pleasing pain
poor health
pretty ugly
properly ridiculous
Painfully beautiful
Pretty ugly
Pretty fierce
Pretty cruel
Pain for pleasure
Passive aggression
Passive resistance
Proud humility
Public opinion
Q.
Quiet presence
Questionable answer
R.
random order
recorded live
resident alien
Run slowly
Roaring silence
Romance crime
S.
Sad smile
Seriously funny
Small crowd
Sweet agony
Sweet pain
Sweet sorrow
Short wait
Sad joy
Saying nothing
same difference
seriously funny
shrewd dumbness
silent scream
Silent speech
Sincere liar
Singles club
small crowd
soft rock
Sound of Silence
static flow
steel wool
student teacher
sweet sorrow
Selfish lover
She's the Man
Shout in a whisper
Spoken thought
T.
Tragic Comedy
True myth
True lies
Typically weird
terribly good
Terribly nice
Terribly pleased
theoretical
experience
transparent night
Tiny elephant
Typically odd
true fiction
True gossip
Tears of joy
Thinking out
Tough love
Troubled paradise
U.
unbiased opinion
unconscious
awareness
upward fall
Unpopular celebrity
V.
Visible darkness
Virtual reality
Virtual participant
Violently peaceful
W.
Weirdly normal
Worthless gold
Walking dead
Wake up dead
wise fool
working vacation
Warm as ice
We're Alone
White lie
Wicked good
Worst enemy
