| Main Entry: | skew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort |
Synonyms: |
alter, bend, bias, change, color, contort, curve, doctor*, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, misshape, slant, throw off balance, twist, warp |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
Synonyms: |
arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
Antonyms: |
beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, descend |
Synonyms: |
bend, decline, disappear, droop, drop down, fade, fall, go down, incline, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slue, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge |
Antonyms: |
ascend, raise |
| Main Entry: | incline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, lean |
Synonyms: |
aim, bevel, bow, cant, cock, deviate, diverge, heel, lay, level, list, lower, nod, point, recline, skew, slant, slope, stoop, tend, tilt, tip, train, turn, veer, yaw |
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, angle, beard, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, cover up, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, give snow job, mangle, mask, miscolor, misinterpret, misreport, misstate, overdraw, overstate, palter, pervert, phony up, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff, skew, slant, snow*, spread it on, stretch, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up, twist, warp |
Antonyms: |
be forthright, be honest, explain |
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slanting; at an angle |
Synonyms: |
angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, bent, cater-cornered, crooked, diagonal, distorted, diverging, inclined, inclining, leaning, on the bias, pitched, pitching, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence another's beliefs without basis, information |
Synonyms: |
angle*, bend*, bias, blemish*, color*, damage, dispose, distort, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incline, indoctrinate, injure, jaundice, mar, poison*, predispose, prejudge, prepossess, skew*, slant*, spoil, sway*, twist*, undermine, vitiate, warp |
Antonyms: |
approve, be fair, be just, regard, respect, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | skid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide against will |
Synonyms: |
drift, glide, go into skid, move, sheer, skew, slip, slue, swerve, veer |
| Main Entry: | slant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | angle off, slope |
Synonyms: |
aim, bank, beam, bend, bevel, cant, decline, descend, deviate, direct, diverge, grade, heel, incline, lean, level, lie obliquely, list, point, skew, splay, swerve, tilt, tip, train, veer |
Antonyms: |
even, level |