An oxymoron is a figure of speech which combines two contradicting terms together to create a greater

impact. Oxymoron is derived from the Latin “oxymoron”, which is derived from the ‘Oxusmōros’ of Ancient

Greek where ‘oxus’ means sharp and ‘mōros’ means dull.

Here is a list of interesting oxymora.

1. faith unfaithful

2. falsely true

3. Dark light

4. Living dead

5. guest host

6. Sounds of Silence

7. controlled chaos

8. open secret

9. organized mess

10. alone in a crowd

11. pretty ugly

12. hot ice

13. grimly gay

14. heavy lightness

15. serious vanity

16. feather of lead

17. bright smoke

18. cold fire

19. sick health

20. bitter sweet

21. deafening silence

22. forward retreat

24. dry drunk

25. irregular pattern

26. Noisy silence

27. quiet riot

28. serious joke

29. sweet sorrow

30. business ethics

31. honest broker

32. work from home

33. artificial grass

34. ceramic egg

35. velvet flowers

36. electric candle.

37. invisible ink

38. wax vegetables

39. plastic paper

40. rubber bones

41. solid water

42. plastic glass

43. metal woods

44. artificial silk

45. synthetic wool

46. educational television

47. nightmare daydream

48. innocent crime

49. serious enjoyment

50. lazing industriously

51. the new classic

52. the old news.

53. the vintage modern.

54. the virtual reality.

55. truly false.

56. faithfully unfaithful.

57. love to hate.

58. to be cruel to be kind.

59. Rich poor man.

60. remember to forget.

61. faultless to a fault.

62. silent scream.

63. drunken sober Man.

64. the hot cool young man.

65. public secret.

66. nutty professor

67. learned fool

68. generously stingy

69. the unwelcome welcome

70. the midget giant

71. the honest hypocrite!