OBLIQUE Synonyms

• forming or set at an angle

• with suspicion or disapproval

• with a side or oblique glance

• (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

• turned or twisted to one side

• turned or twisted toward one side

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

• having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• irregular in shape or outline

• having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

• (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency

• at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position

• having made preparations

• having an oblique or slanting direction or position

• turn or place at an angle

• having an oblique or slanted direction

• favoring one person or side over another

• having an oblique or slanted direction

• having an oblique or slanted direction

• having a slanting form or direction

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

• indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

• deviating from a straight course

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a biased way of looking at or presenting something

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• lie obliquely

• present with a bias

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• heel over

• a wound made by cutting

• an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

• cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• cut open

• cut drastically

• move or stir about violently

• a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information