Examples of Oxymoron (pl. Oxymora)

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