slanted
adjective
[ ˈslɑːntɪd ]
• sloping or leaning in a particular direction.
• "a slanted roof"
• (of information) presented or viewed from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way.
• "the newspaper's slanted coverage could be seen in its use of emotive language"
slant
verb
• slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.
• "a ploughed field slanted up to the skyline"
Similar:
slope,
tilt,
incline,
be at an angle,
angle,
tip,
cant,
be askew,
skew,
lean,
dip,
pitch,
shelve,
list,
bank,
heel,
oblique,
sloping,
at an angle,
angled,
not straight,
on an incline,
inclined,
tilting,
tilted,
atilt,
slanted,
aslant,
slantwise,
diagonal,
canted,
cambered,
leaning,
dipping,
shelving,
listing,
crooked,
askew,
squint,
cater-cornered,
catty-cornered,
kitty-corner,
• present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way.
• "everybody slants their research, whether they admit it or not"
Similar:
bias,
distort,
twist,
skew,
colour,
weight,
spin,
angle,
orient,
give a slant to,
give a bias to,
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.
