Retort

Russian Meaning

возразить

парировать

возражать

отвечать на оскорбление тем же

бить противника его же оружием

резко возражать

перегонять

реторта

возражение

резкий ответ

находчивый ответ

оостроумная реплика

English Meaning

  1. To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner. See Synonyms at answer.
  2. To present a counterargument to.
  3. To return in kind; pay back.
  4. To make a reply, especially a quick, caustic, or witty one.
  5. To present a counterargument.
  6. To return like for like; retaliate.
  7. A quick incisive reply, especially one that turns the first speaker's words to his or her own disadvantage.
  8. The act or an instance of retorting.
  9. A closed laboratory vessel with an outlet tube, used for distillation, sublimation, or decomposition by heat.