INVERTED

[adjective] [formal]Cover the bowl with an inverted plate.(UK) An inverted comma is a quotation mark. See at quote (SAY). (UK) The phrase (in) inverted commas (also quote unquote) can be used in speech to show that the opposite of something is meant or the particular word or phrase used is not exactly suitable.Sick prisoners in the camp were 'cared for', in inverted commas, by guards, not nurses.(UK disapproving) An inverted snob is a person who makes it known that they do not like things which suggest high social position but approve of things related to low social position. Inverted snobbery is the name for this type of behaviour.