- Types Of Speech
- You can use oblique as a article, noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Oblique
- A 3 syllables article and 7 letters with the letters b, e, i, l, o, q, and u, 3 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter i. Oblique starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters o, ob, obl, obli, obliq, and the ending characters are e, ue, que, ique, lique, ..
- Definition
- A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Oblique is set as a sat word that starts with o, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is oblique a scrabble word? A 18 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Oblique in Pig Latin is said as "obliqueay or obliqueway".
- Unigram
- o | b | l | i | q | u | e
- Bigram
- ob | bl | li | iq | qu | ue
- Trigram
- obl | bli | liq | iqu | que
- Quadrigram
- obli | bliq | liqu | ique
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
- any grammatical case other than the nominative
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;
misleading;
"used devious means to achieve success";
"gave oblique answers to direct questions";
"oblique political maneuvers"
- Article Examples
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular;
"the oblique rays of the winter sun";
"acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles";
"the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its bas
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Across | placed crosswise "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers" "crossed forks" "seated with arms across" |
| Ambagious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression" "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meaning |
| Ambidextrous | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and |
| Amiss | in an imperfect or faulty way "The lobe was imperfectly developed" "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen |
| Angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |
| Angle Off | |
| Angling | fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) |
| Askance | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Askant | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Askew | turned or twisted toward one side "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Oblique
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
View English words with the unique letters used in oblique. Words With The Letters Beiloqu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ab | the muscles of the abdomen |
| Abdominal | the muscles of the abdomen |
| Abdominal Muscle |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oblique (7 letters) | 18 | 21 | oblique | ||
| Obliquely (9 letters) | 23 +5 | 26 +5 | obliquely |
Oblique Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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