OBLIQUENESS Synonyms

• a quality characterized by indirect reference

• an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

• unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

• a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

• an indirect way of expressing something

• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

• falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

• having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal

• an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

• the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments

• confusion resulting from failure to understand

• the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

• darkening or obscuring the sight of something

• unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

• indistinctness of shape or character

• the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly

• the quality of being deceitful and underhanded