upturned
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Turned upward at the end or tip: Describing something, especially a nose, that curves or points upward.
- Turned or flipped over so that the part that is usually the bottom or base is now on top: Describing an object that has been inverted or overturned.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- She has a cute, upturned nose. (Describing a nose shape.)
- The upturned boat lay on the shore after the storm. (Describing an overturned object.)
- He sat on an upturned crate to watch the parade. (Describing an object used with its bottom facing up.)
Advanced Usage
- "upturned face": A face tilted upward, often showing expectation, hope, or to look at something above.
- The children listened with upturned faces to the storyteller.
- "upturned soil": Soil that has been dug or plowed, bringing the lower layers to the surface.
- The field was freshly plowed, revealing rich, upturned earth.
Variants and Related Words
- Overturned (adj): Having been turned over; capsized. (Often used interchangeably with the second meaning of 'upturned' for objects.)
- Retrousse (adj): (Used especially of a nose) Turned up at the end. (A more formal or specialized synonym.)
Synonyms
- Turned-up: Curved or directed upward.
- Upside-down: With the upper part where the lower part should be; inverted. (Close synonym for the second meaning.)
- Inverted: Changed to the opposite position or direction.
Antonyms
- Downturned: Turned downward at the end.
- Aquiline: (Of a nose) Curved like an eagle's beak; hooked.
Related Phrases
- To turn up: (Phrasal verb) To increase in intensity, to appear, or to shorten a garment by folding it at the bottom. (Shares the core idea of an upward direction.)
- Can you turn up the volume? (This is a different, idiomatic use of the phrasal verb.)
Adjective
- (used of noses) turned up at the end
- a retrousse nose
- a small upturned nose
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
- an overturned car
- the upset pitcher of milk
- sat on an upturned bucket