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retrorse

retrorse adjective: curved, pointed or oriented backward or downward.

Adjective

retrorse (comparative more retrorse, superlative most retrorse)

  1. Curved, pointed or oriented backward or downward.
    Antonyms:
    antrorse

retrorse meaning in Kannada

retrorse in Kannada

ಹಿಂಬಾಗಿದ, ಪ್ರತಿವೇಷ್ಟಿತ, ಪ್ರತೀಪವಾದ, ಅವನತ, ಕೆಳಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾಗಿದ, ಕೆಳಮುಖವಾದ

Antonyms of retrorse

Forms of retrorse

comparativemore retrorse
superlativemost retrorse

Origin of retrorse

From Latin retrorsus, contracted form of retroversus, from retro (“back”) + versum (“turned”). Doublet of retroverse.

Questions about retrorse

What does retrorse mean?
Retrorse means curved, pointed or oriented backward or downward.
What is retrorse in Kannada?
Retrorse in Kannada is ಹಿಂಬಾಗಿದ, ಪ್ರತಿವೇಷ್ಟಿತ, ಪ್ರತೀಪವಾದ. See Retrorse meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is retrorse?
Retrorse is an adjective.

Words near retrorse in the dictionary

  1. retrorenal
  2. retrorocket
  3. retrorockets
  4. retrorolandic
  5. retrorsal
  6. retrorse
  7. retrorsely
  8. retrorsine
  9. retrorubral
  10. retros
  11. retroscape

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retrorse (page history and authors); retrorse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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