逆

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrogression; going in the wrong direction; going against (e.g. the times); running counter to

Astronomy

retrograde motion

opposite side; other side

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

counting backwards; calculating backwards

Mathematics

inverse operation

rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)

reverse; inversion; upside down

unreasonable; absurd; wrong

rebel; traitor; insurgent

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

Idiomatic expression

one's superior's anger

Orig. meaning

imperial wrath

paradoxical

to surge (water or waves)

going in the opposite direction

going against the wind

running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

Common noun

opposite direction; reverse

Botany

retrorse

phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call

headwind; adverse wind

paradox

hanging upside down

inverted triangle

spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter

(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

Colloquial

snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back

vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

reverse thrust; retrofiring

Colloquial; Obsolete term

sudden mental derangement

hot flash; rush of blood to the head