INCURVATE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

incurvate

verb

Definition of incurvate

as in to reflect

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The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
When the two mix, the gas glows red, and the blue haze comes from light reflecting off space dust.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of reflect

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No-brainer options included handsome denims with a curving leg and neo-suiting playing on mixing rather than matching sets.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Where the Duo has curved edges and a distinct D-like appearance, the Z Fold 8 is strictly rectangular with sharp edges all around.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

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Why can’t the body content itself with stillness, leavened, perhaps, by the fluttering of fingers over a keyboard or the occasional arcing turn of a page?

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Édier Ocampo played an arcing entry pass from the right side to Larraz, whose header at the front post was parried by diving goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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Ivory has a warm undertone, often of yellow but sometimes of pink or brown, while a dead-white has a cool undertone, lightly inflected with gray or blue.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet her lively version inflects this ancient tragedy with a contemporary voice.

— Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of inflect

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When McMillan & Wife, created by Leonard Stern, bowed in September 1971, Saint James had just turned 25 while Hudson was closing in on 46.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
The sequel to Godzilla Minus One doesn’t bow until next month, but Takashi Yamazaki is already getting the wheels in motion for his first major studio pic, Grandgear, securing the cast to lead that movie.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

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