Synonyms for overturned

Grammar : Adj

Spell : verb oh-ver-turn; noun oh-ver-turn

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn

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Définition of overturned

Origin : early 13c., of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over- + turn (v.). Attested from c.1300 in general transitive sense "to throw over violently;" figurative meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from late 14c. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1826. Related: Overturned; overturning.

adj upside-down

Example sentences :

After his survey he went behind the bar and got the revolver from under an overturned pail.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

It was composed of a few overturned omnibuses; for the true Parisian is a cynic.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Everything had been in vain, and we had run against the overturned van.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

You might have taken her for some fairy of the springs who had overturned her urn on herself.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Then he reached for his overturned chair, set it on its legs, and threw himself into it.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I yawned with prodigious sonority, and overturned a chair with my foot.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

But the overturned spring cart held most interest just now, and he moved over to it.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

The fire in the stove was small and dull, and close beside it was an overturned chair.
Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally

The wagon is overturned and the driver thrown to the pavement.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

As we see, the entire system of ethical values was overturned.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

Antonyms for overturned

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