retroflexed

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   bent or curved backward

   Synonymsretroflex

   Similarbackward

Questions about retroflexed

What does retroflexed mean?

retroflexed means "bent or curved backward".

How many syllables are in retroflexed?

retroflexed has 3 syllables: re-tro-flexed. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for retroflexed?

Close synonyms include retroflex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retroflexed a common word?

retroflexed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.