retort

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

Verb

1. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
2. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
3. To bend or curve back.
4. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Verb

To heat in a retort.

Konzepte

Retorte

Stichwort

Kolben

Gegenwirkung

Antwort

erwidern

Erwiderung

Reaktion

Rückwirkung

Widerlegung

Erwiderung einer Kritik

entgegnen

Retourkutsche

Widerrede

zurückschlagen

wieder tun

scharfe Entgegnung

bestimmte Antwort

Pfeil

ungehörige Antwort

Gegenfrage

Synonyme

reply

answer

rejoinder

riposte

respond

rejoin

response

return

counter

rebuttal

alembic

⚗️

comeback

come back

answer back

cue

still

retort-shaped

crackdown

flask

refute

replica

counterattack

distil

objection

argue

key

🔑

repartee

repay

reaction

replication

confute

interrupt

refutation

bulb

💡

reverberate

shot

slice into

smack

snap

snap back

solitary

squelch

stilling

strike back

sublimate

test tube

🧪

whip

wittiness

back talk

hit back

Übersetzungen

réplica

replicar

réplique

réplica

storta

cornue

retorta

riposte

replica

resposta

réponse

repliek

entrada

retorta

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: retorte

In summary

From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).