All 11 Uses of
retort
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'Not at your command!' retorted Hareton.†
Chpt 2 *
- When Kenneth warned him that his medicines were useless at that stage of the malady, and he needn't put him to further expense by attending her, he retorted, 'I know you need not — she's well — she does not want any more attendance from you!†
Chpt 8
- I retorted, showing a decided purple witness to refute her.†
Chpt 8
- 'It is not,' retorted she; 'it is the best!†
Chpt 9
- 'I'm certain you do,' retorted Isabella; 'and I shudder at you!'†
Chpt 10
- I retorted.†
Chpt 13
- 'He's not a human being,' she retorted; 'and he has no claim on my charity.†
Chpt 17
- ' "I shall not meddle in the matter," I retorted again.†
Chpt 17
- 'If thou weren't more a lass than a lad, I'd fell thee this minute, I would; pitiful lath of a crater!' retorted the angry boor, retreating, while his face burnt with mingled rage and mortification! for he was conscious of being insulted, and embarrassed how to resent it.†
Chpt 21
- 'Yours is a wicked man,' retorted Catherine; 'and you are very naughty to dare to repeat what he says.†
Chpt 23
- 'No! or we should be sitting in flaming fagots, I suppose,' retorted the singer.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(retort as in: quick retort) a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one