inverted adjective5 •Having the order or direction exchanged; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary and swapped. •Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher. •Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar. •(offensive, old-fashioned) Homosexual, in terms of the sexual inversion theory. •(Internet) Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation.