inverted

ADJECTIVE

upside-down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

upturned

STRONG

capsized confused disordered jumbled overturned reversed tangled upended upset

WEAK

backward bottom up bottom-side-up downside-up haywire helter-skelter in chaos in disarray mixed-up on head topsy-turvy wrong way wrong-side up

Antonyms

STRONG

clear methodical ordered organized systematic

Example Sentences

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As Gray worked with old, yellowing scans of Lee’s drawings in Photoshop, he accidentally inverted the colors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The workplace dynamics are literally inverted: roles are assigned based on height and build rather than titles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Examining the monthly chart shows March ending a five-month losing streak with a bullish inverted hammer candle.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

There are differences, of course - one being Postecoglou's use of inverted full-backs as the central players receiving the ball from the centre-backs.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

In other flies, Dobzhansky found that configuration had been fully inverted to C-B-A.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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