transitive verb
intransitive verb
retort
Verb (1)
Noun (1)
answer, response, reply, rejoinder, retort mean something spoken, written, or done in return.
answer implies the satisfying of a question, demand, call, or need.
response may imply a quick or spontaneous reaction to a person or thing that serves as a stimulus.
reply often suggests a thorough response to all issues, points, or questions raised.
rejoinder can be a response to a reply or to an objection.
retort implies a reaction to an implicit or explicit charge, criticism, or attack which contains a countercharge or counterattack.
Latin retortus, past participle of retorquēre, literally, to twist back, hurl back, from re- + torquēre to twist — more at torture entry 1
Noun (2)
Middle French retorte, from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin, feminine of retortus; from its shape
circa 1505, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
1610, in the meaning defined above
1527, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1850, in the meaning defined above
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