Oxford Dictionary English poetic justice nounnoun BrE BrE//pəʊˌetɪk ˈdʒʌstɪs// ; NAmE NAmE//poʊˌetɪk ˈdʒʌstɪs// [uncountable] Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa situation in which something bad happens to somebody, and you think that this is what they deserveSee poetic justice in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: poetic justice oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
