Is this an oxymoron?

Question

"Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy."

Answer 1

I don't really think so...I think it is more of an example of irony. An oxymoron is generally just a few words like: hot chili, mud bath, act naturally, straight angle...etc...

Answer 2

an oxymoron is “a figure of speech that stands for a self-contradictory expression, like an honest politician or jumbo shrimp. An example of an oxymoron sentence is  I tripped over a hole that was sticking up out of the ground.

I do not think your sentence is an oxymoron.  hope and unhappiness do not quite seem self-contradictory to me.

Answer 3

No, it isn't.  It's just a quote.

Here's a definition from the Merriam Webster online dictionary

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ox·y·mo·rons also ox·y·mo·ra  \-ˈmȯr-ə\

Etymology: Late Greek oxymōron, from neuter of oxymōros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mōros foolish

Date: 1657

: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements

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Answer 4

Oxymoron examples:

Logical religious person.

Honest politician.

Smart sorority girl.