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- DictionaryRe·tort/rəˈtôrt/
verb
- 1. say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner: "“No need to be rude,” retorted Isabel"
- 2. repay (an insult or injury): archaic "it was now his time to retort the humiliation"
noun
- 1. a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark: "she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort"
1. : to answer back usually sharply. 2. : to return an argument or charge. 3. : retaliate.
RETORTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of retort 2. to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: . Learn more.
RETORTED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of retort 2. to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: . Learn more.
RETORT definition: 1. to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: 2. a quick answer that is angry or funny…. Learn more.
A retort is a short, clever response to someone's comment or question. If you want to keep the peace during dinner, you should probably bite your tongue instead of making sarcastic retorts to everything your little sister says.
1. (Chemistry) a glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck that is bent down, used esp in a laboratory for distillation. 2. (Chemistry) a vessel in which large quantities of material may be heated, esp one used for heating ores in the production of metals or heating coal to produce gas. vb.
1. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to utter (something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. 2. to use (an argument) against its originator; turn the tables by saying (something) noun. 3. a sharp, angry, or witty reply.
