turned β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
backward β A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
contrariwise β from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
inside out β on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
opposite β situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
regressive β regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
verb everted
alter β If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
backtrack β If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
capsize β If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
change β If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
convert β If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
evert β Turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out.
flip β to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
flip-flop β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
modify β to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
overturn β to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
renege β Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
revert β to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
transpose β to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
double back β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
inverse β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
turn down β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
turn over β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
turn the tables β an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
upturn β to turn up or over: The farmer upturned clumps of sod with his spade.
deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
quash β to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
confound β If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
negative β expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
repulse β to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
