English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of retort

retort

/noun/ मुंहतोड़ जवाब; प्रत्युत्तर; भबका; अर्क उतारने का भबका;
/verb/मुंहतोड़ जवाब देना; बदला लेना; जैसे को तैसा लौटाना; करारा जवाब; प्रत्यारोध; मुँहतोड़ जवाब; उल्टा इल्जाम;

Synonym setdown; defense; alembic; retortion; revenge; a Roland for an Oliver;

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English Dictionary:

1. Retort

[n.]

- To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
- To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
- To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

2. Retort

[v. i.]

- To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

3. Retort

[v. t.]

- The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
- A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.