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retroflex

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: retroflex

1
 adjv
bent or curved backward
bend or turn backward
2
 vadj
articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: retroflex
1

adj bent or curved backward

Synonyms:
retroflexed
backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear

v bend or turn backward

Synonyms:
replicate
Type of:
bend, flex
form a curve
2

v articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

“Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants”
Type of:
articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

adj pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

Synonyms:
cacuminal
backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear
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