catachresis [noun]

Definition of catachresis:

strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

Synonyms of catachresis:

● Misuse

● Misusage

● Barbarism


Opposite/Antonyms of catachresis:

● Kindness


Sentence/Example of catachresis:

Its transformation seems more catachresis than irony, more a twisted similarity than an inversion or negation.