inverted

adjective

Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.

(music, of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.

(chemistry, of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.

(Internet slang, conspiracy theories, of a person) Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation.

(dated, psychology) Homosexual, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.

Roots

vertovert- · Latin · turn

Synonyms for inverted

reversedadj transposedadj backwardsadv resupinatev

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