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Word | Retort |
Portuguese Meaning | réplica, retorta, responder |
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher / a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat / To bend or curve back / quick, sharp reply / a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark. / to pay or hurl back : return retort an insult / a: to make a reply to b: to say in reply / to answer (as an argument) by a counter argument / to answer back usually sharply / to return an argument or charge / retaliate / a quick, witty, or cutting reply; especially : one that turns back or counters the first speaker's words / a vessel or chamber in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat / to treat (as oil shale) by heating in a retort / : a vessel or chamber in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat, | |
Usage | ⇒ Her servant maid bit back a hard retort and left the house ⇒ Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with a retort. ⇒ she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort |
Synonyms | answer, reply, return, riposte, respond, rejoinder, comeback, response, counter, rejoin, rebut, repartee, replication, retaliate, revenge, come back, echo, repay, reciprocate, retaliation, |
Antonyms | question, request, ask, bidding, inquiry, query, abduct, acquire, appropriate, assume, beg, borrow, call, catechize, charge, commandeering, complication, confiscate, confiscation, cross-examination, |
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