inflected

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adjective

Deviating from a straight line.

“(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)”

Similar
declensedmodulated
Opposite
uninflected
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Meanings

adjectiveinflected (comparative more inflected, superlative most inflected)

comparative more inflected · superlative most inflected

  1. Deviating from a straight line.
  2. grammarChanged in form to reflect function (referring to a word).

    Synonyms: declensed

  3. human sciencesHaving inflected word forms; fusional.

    (An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)

  4. biologybent or curved inward or downward
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of inflect

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveChanged in form to reflect function (referring to a word).

Similar
declensed

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of the voice) altered in tone or pitch

Similar
modulated
Opposite
uninflected

adjectiveshowing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)

Opposite
uninflected

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan flexional, fusionant
  • flexional(grammar)
  • fusionant(grammar)
Czech ohebný
  • ohebný(grammar)
Dutch verbogen
  • verbogen(grammar)
French flexionnel
  • flexionnel(linguistics)
Hungarian flektáló, flexiós
  • flektáló(linguistics)
  • flexiós(linguistics)
  • hajlító(linguistics)
  • fúziós(linguistics)
  • ragos(grammar)
  • ragozott(grammar)
Polish odmienny, odmienny
  • odmienny(linguistics)
  • odmienny(grammar)
Russian флективный
  • флективный (flektivnyj)(linguistics)

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

deflectin
Cite this entry
APA

inflected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflected

MLA

“inflected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflected. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflected,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflected.

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