inflected

verb

  1. 1

    To cause to curve inwards.

  2. 2

    To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

    The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.
  3. 3

    (grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

  4. 4

    (grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

    In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.
  5. 5

    To influence in style.

    No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.

Synonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Deviating from a straight line.

  2. 2

    (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).

  3. 3

    Having inflected word forms; fusional.

    (An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)
  4. 4

    Bent or curved inward or downward

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