Oblique

What do we mean by oblique?

Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined. adjective

Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular. adjective

Having the part on one side of the midrib of a different size or shape than the part on the other side. Used of a leaf. adjective

Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal. adjective

Indirect or evasive. adjective

Devious, misleading, or dishonest. adjective

Not direct in descent; collateral. adjective

Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative. adjective

An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle. noun

The act of changing course by less than 90°. noun

At an angle of 45°. adverb

To deviate from a direct line or from the perpendicular; slant; slope.

To advance slantingly or obliquely; specifically (military), to advance obliquely by making a half-face to the right or left and marching in the new direction.

In geometry, except the perpendicular, any sect from a point to a straight or a plane. noun

Of lines or planes, making with a given line, surface, or direction an angle that is less than 90°; neither perpendicular nor parallel; of angles, either acute or obtuse, not right; in general, not direct; aslant; slanting. See cuts under angle.

Indirect, in a figurative sense: as, an oblique reproach or taunt.

Questionable from a moral point of view; not upright or morally direct; evil.

In botany, unequal-sided.

An oblique line.

(grammar) The oblique case.

Not straight. Urban Dictionary

A big pain in the ass when you are doing word masters. It actually has like a thousand real definitions which i don't care to place Urban Dictionary

When you feel so triggered shook and tilted at once Urban Dictionary

The best muscle IN THE WORLD! Urban Dictionary

The meaning of 'stud'. Urban Dictionary

Incorrect or in oppositon to the standard social convention. An outcasted person or idea. Ratchet Urban Dictionary

Just as straight fire means that someone or something is cool, oblique fire means that the person or object in question is not cool. Urban Dictionary

Neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting. Urban Dictionary

Oblique reference Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to oblique:
oblique, obliqua.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word oblique:
tarsal, peristome, revolute, callus, columella, arcuate, fascia, dorsum, suffusion, rectus, striae, blotch, apical, fuscous, costal, dentate, umbilicus, blackish, reniform, pearly, sinuous, inwardly, parietal, indistinct, suffused, anteriorly, medial, dative, iridescent, stigmata, transverse, costa, whitish, fold, diffused, apex, dilated, silvery, whorl, inwards, outwardly, accusative, edged, obliquely, lip, insertion, cloudy, nominative, aperture, elongate, streak, basal, italic, cilia, subduction, angled, umbilical, operculum, vein, outwards, rufous, suture, forewing, genitive, curved, stigma, dots, longitudinal, dorsal, concave, faint, posterior, ribs, ligament, muscle, angle, anterior, veins, irregular, hind, extremity, margin, paler, projection, pale, yellowish, tendon, convex, triangular, stripe, axial, shade, spots, muscles, patch, outer, nouns, anal, darker, abdominal.

Words that rhyme with oblique:
fleek, seek, unique, pique, sleek, peak, bleak, tweak, speak, sneak, meek, streak, freak, geek, peek, chic, critique, leak, weak, wreak, creek, technique, antique, boutique, reek, clique, cheek, eke, week, misspeak, squeak, greek, leek, beak, shriek, batik, physique, bespeak, mystique, creak, sheik, teak, streek, fenugreek, workweek, sikh, gleek, sheikh, cleek, newspeak, cacique, monique, doublespeak, chesapeake, fleak, screak, grosbeak, zeke, clinique, modern greek, midweek, skreak, mozambique, dominique, martinique, beek, phreak, zeek, speke, so to speak, respeak, winning streak, tariq, steek, take a leak, deak, kweek, wild leek, peake, sheikhdom, bubble and squeak, cardinal grosbeak, veronique, rieck, henrique, belgique, classical greek, weick, teac, mountain peak, ancient greek, speake, steik, calendar week, holy week, late greek, geac, leake, geekdom, feick.

Adjectives that are often used to describe oblique:
external, superior, inferior, internal, right, left, lateral, anterior, posterior, abdominal, inner, contralateral, ipsilateral, medial, opposite, paretic, minor, least, grand, coronal, sagittal, bucky, degree, bilateral, interior, supine, tabular, dorsal, homolateral, aerial, ovate, extemal, cleft, occlusal, ternal, apical, mediolateral, marvellous, antagonistic, oblong, subjacent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective oblique:
muscle, view, line, muscles, angle, lines, views, position, projection, direction, reference, illumination, plane, section, fracture, incision, incidence, ridge, angles, case, projections, aponeurosis, cases, light, rays, diameter, fractures, references, ligament, course, rotation, prism, approach, manner, fibers, eyes, planes, waves, fissure, sections, photographs, tendon, shock, fibres, radiograph, photograph, axis, palsy, prisms, positions, osteotomy, rows, surface, fashion, stroke, drawing, glance, orientation, image, bands, radiographs, ridges, cone, hernia, axes, band, images, films, cut, stripes, wave, groove, overaction, strokes, shocks, astigmatism, attack, motion, impact, fig, fascia, lighting, head, slip, vein, directions, diameters, cylinder, incisions, triangle.

Consonant match to oblique:
obliq, eyeblack, eye black, oblak, ab block, high black.

Words that sound like oblique:
oblique, aplique, obliques, obli, ubly, uplook, -ably, oblio, oblak, eyeblack, eye black, alike, public, aback, aleck, unblock, apeak, appley, ablow, alac, the block, aloke, alloc, aboulic, aloc, the black, ably, applique, apelike, oubli, bleak, apply, bubbly, ablaze, oblige, bleek, aliyah, upchuck, chablis, alee, doubly, aliya, abhi, allee, alog, ulk, abee, elec, ebook, obliquely, apoc, ablate, ubc, a b, hubley, niblick, ibook, elick, elek, lalique, epley, ebla, ilac, ilic, illich, abask, en bloc, aboulia, eppley, abag, kubly, ulc, deblock, ibach, oblite, hubli, uplay, ibla, niblock, abai, elac, salique, clique, alec, alek, alack, alic, all black, alik, cliq, cleek, alick, abla, alak, abic, d block, abac, abec, aulic, babelike.