Oblique synonyms

ō-blēk', ə-blēk'

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angled
Set at an angle
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vague (related)
Not sharply outlined; hazy.
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crooked (related)
The definition of crooked is something not straight, curved or bent or a dishonest person.
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indirect (related)
Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
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bent
(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
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leaning
Slanting
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sloping
Having a slope.
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unperpendicular
Slanting
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unvertical
Slanting
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perpendicular (antonym)
(Geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).
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direct (antonym)
In the line of descent; not collateral.
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inclined
At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
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skew
(--- Statistics) Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.
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inclining
Slanting
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askew (related)
(Figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
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awry (related)
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
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askance
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
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backhanded
(Of writing) inclining to the left
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cross
Showing ill humor; annoyed.
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devious
Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
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duplicitous
Having duplicity; deceitful
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evasive
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
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louche
Of questionable morality or repute:
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perverse
Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable:
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roundabout
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
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sidelong
Directed to one side; sideways:
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sideways
Moving or directed toward one side.
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sidewise
Sideways.
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sinister
Wicked, evil, or dishonest, esp. in some dark, mysterious way
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slanted
Indirect
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slanting
Indirect
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sloped
That has or have a slope.
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tangential
Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
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tilted
Indirect
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underhand
Performed with the hand below the level of the elbow or the arm below the level of the shoulder
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explicit (antonym)
Forthright and unreserved in expression:
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forthright (antonym)
Direct and without evasion; straightforward:
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straightforward (antonym)
The definition of straightforward is honest, direct and to the point.
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straight (antonym)
Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
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beveled
Having a bevel, especially at an edge
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bias
The definition of bias is something that is diagonal or slanting.
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biased
Angled at a slant
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circuitous
The definition of circuitous is something oblique, roundabout or longer than the most direct way.
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circular
Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
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tortuous
Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:
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external oblique muscle
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
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musculus obliquus externus abdominis
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
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abdominal external oblique muscle
An abdominal muscle whose action diminishes the capacity of the abdomen and draws the chest downward.
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nominative (antonym)
A word or form in the nominative case.
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parallel (antonym)
(Computers) Of or relating to the simultaneous transmission of all the bits of a byte over separate wires:
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angular (related)
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angle (related)
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asymmetrical (related)
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elliptical (related)
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ellipse (related)
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diverging
Slanting
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turned
Slanting
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twisted
Mentally disturbed or unsound.
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strained
Forced through a strainer.
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distorted
Slanting
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unhorizontal
Slanting
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off level
Slanting
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tipping
Slanting
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tipped
Slanting
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athwart
Slanting
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at an angle
Slanting
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skewwise
Slanting
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on-the-bias
Slanting
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skewy
Slanting
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slaunchwise
Slanting
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geewhacky
Slanting
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northeast by southwest
Slanting
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obscure
Deficient in light; dark:
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vertical (antonym)
(Biol.) In the direction in which the axis lies; lengthwise
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pitched
(Not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
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oblique-case
(Grammar) Any noun case except the nominative case or the vocative case, where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.
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Oblique Sentence Examples

  • Their mouth is of moderate width, oblique, and armed with small but firmly set teeth.

  • There is one circumstance, however, which seems to mark a difference between the two animals: the eye of the dog of every country and species has a circular pupil, but the position or form of the pupil is oblique in the wolf.

  • Note thick walls and oblique slit-like pits with opposite inclination on the two sides of the cell seen in surface view.

  • S, Optical section of part of thick-walled stereid of Phanerogam, with almost obliterated cavity and narrow slit-like oblique pits.

  • In this the crowns of the molars are more or less shortened, with their cusps either arranged in longitudinal lines, or forming four upper and three lower more or less distinct oblique ridges.

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