Use 'retroflex' to describe objects or features bent backwards in a physical sense.

Physical Descriptions

'Retroflex' is often used for inanimate objects, not usually for body parts.

Non-living Objects

Use 'retroflex' when describing the unusual backward bending of body parts.

Shows the speaker's or subject's ability to perform bodily movements not typical for everyone.

Emphasizes that 'retroflex' marks a specific and deliberate action, not a passive state.

'Retroflex' in linguistics refers to the precise way certain sounds are made.

It involves curling the tongue tip upward, touching the roof of the mouth.

Some languages or dialects have 'retroflex' sounds that others lack.