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retorted

VERB

answer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rebut

STRONG

counter crack rejoin repay reply requite respond retaliate return riposte sass squelch top

WEAK

answer back come back at shoot back snap back talk back

Antonyms

STRONG

ask question request take

Example Sentences

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When the DfI witness said experts had agreed that Noah got in through bars, the family barrister retorted: "We don't know how Noah got in".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

When I admonished my 7 year-old for complaining too much during a particularly wonderful excursion, she retorted, “Daddy, complaining is my passion!”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Bogota retorted Thursday with a matching 30-percent "corrective action" on about 20 unspecified products, for now.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Told baldness is generally seen as an aesthetic problem covered out-of-pocket, Lee retorted that young people with thinning hair view their plight as a “matter of survival.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

“It is not your book and never will be,” Penelope retorted.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood