retorting

verb

present participle of retort
as in responding
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when told she couldn't have it, she retorted, "Fine, I didn't want it anyway!"

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retorting
  1. responding
  2. replying
  3. answering
  4. reacting
Verb
  • In video interviews in general, some red flags might include the person moving unusually slowly or not responding to one of your questions, or their visual skipping a beat, Garber says.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • What strengthens trust is understanding how the organization is responding and what those lessons mean going forward.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of responding
Verb
  • Cardenas walked Jontay through replying, and FanDuel reactivated the account.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Musk was replying to a post on X by Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, who laid out his views on the state of the data center buildout.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of replying
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  • The new findings provide another route toward answering it, but much of the biology remains unexplored.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • There’s also a big thread on the Race-Dezert forum where the man behind this mission is answering questions from the off-road community.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of answering
Verb
  • Last Friday afternoon, for example, the New York airspace was effectively shut down by air traffic control reacting to, well, pretty much just rain.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Looking ahead to 2028 In the early days after the 2026 elections, a look ahead to the 2028 presidential race finds both parties with the potential to see crowded fields of candidates in several new lanes reacting to signals sent by the electorate.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of reacting
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“Retorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retorting. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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