inverted

adjupside-down

Synonyms for inverted

adj upside-down

Antonyms for inverted

Word Origin & History

1530s, from Middle French invertir or directly from Latin invertere "turn upside down, turn about," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Inverted; inverting; invertedly.

Example Sentences for inverted

After you turn them out, spread them on an inverted sieve to cool.

What an anomaly in political architecture, to build an inverted pyramid!

In a concave mirror the top and bottom are inverted, but this is no transposition.

A disregarded doll lay with inverted head on the counterpane.

They have read the fable of the sun and the wind backwards, and inverted the moral.

A story illustrative of this inverted view of success is worth repeating.

Its inverted wheels on their trucks had made a bower of steel about the bridegroom.

But I know of no instance in which the order of their appearance has been changed or inverted.

The hyphen is used also when the words are inverted; as "four-and-thirty," "six-and-fortieth."

The mark for the apostrophe; and also the marks for inverted commas.

inverted

Synonyms for inverted

Antonyms for inverted

capsized

inverse

overturned

rearward

retrograde

inverted

Synonyms for inverted

Antonyms for inverted

More words related to inverted

backward

capsized

inverse

overturned

rearward

retrograde