Inverted

in·vert  (n-vûrt)

v. in·vert·ed, in·vert·ing, in·verts

v.tr.

1. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.

2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.

3. To subject to inversion. See Synonyms at reverse.

v.intr.

To be subjected to inversion.

n. (nvûrt)

1. Something inverted.

2. Psychology

a. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.

b. In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.

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[Latin invertere : in-, in; see in-² + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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in·verti·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	inverted - being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" upside-down turned - moved around an axis or center
	2.	inverted - (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk anatropous plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion