slantverb
uk/slɑːnt/us/slænt/[ I or T ] to (cause to) lean in a position that is not vertical; to (cause to) slope:
Italic writing slants to the right.
The evening sun slanted (= shone with the light moving in a slope) through the narrow window.
[ T ] often disapproving to present information in a particular way, especially showing one group of people, one side of an argument, etc. in such a positive or negative way that it is unfair:
The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- oblique
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
slantnoun
uk/slɑːnt/us/slænt/[ S ] a position or direction that is sloping:
The car was parked on a slant.
The snow came down at a slant.
[ C usually singular ] a particular way of showing or looking at something:
The book had a personal/political/sociological slant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- oblique
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
slantwise
adverb uk/ˈslɑːnt.waɪz/us/ˈslænt.waɪz/US also slantways