AMBAGES Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word ambages. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for AMBAGES
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periphrasis | nounn | |||||||
noun • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | ||||||||
circuitousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • The state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point. | ||||||||
convolution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the shape of something rotating rapidly • a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain • the action of coiling or twisting or winding together | ||||||||
digression | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message that departs from the main subject • a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) • wandering from the main path of a journey | ||||||||
indirectness | nounn | |||||||
noun • having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal | ||||||||
meandering | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of a path e.g. | ||||||||
obliqueness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle • the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly | ||||||||
obliquity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle • the quality of being deceptive | ||||||||
circuity | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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roundaboutness | nounn | |||||||
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circumlocution | nounn | |||||||
noun • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things • an indirect way of expressing something |