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slanted

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: S L AE1 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S L AE1 N AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: S L AE1 N IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Placed at an angle, on a slant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Biased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The news report was slanted in favor of the nationalists.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of slant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having an oblique or slanted direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanting, sloped, sloping

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

favoring one person or side over another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a biased account of the trial
  • a decision that was partial to the defendant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: biased, colored, coloured, one-sided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թեք (tʻekʻ) — placed at an angle
  • Czech: šikmý — placed at an angle
  • Finnish: vino — placed at an angle
  • French: penché — placed at an angle
  • French: oblique — placed at an angle
  • French: incliné — placed at an angle
  • German: schief — placed at an angle
  • German: schräg — placed at an angle
  • German: geneigt — placed at an angle
  • German: abgeschrägt — placed at an angle
  • Northern Kurdish: xwehr — placed at an angle
  • Plautdietsch: scheef (nds) — placed at an angle
  • Russian: накло́нный (naklónnyj) — placed at an angle
  • Slovak: šikmý — placed at an angle
  • Spanish: oblicuo — placed at an angle
  • Tagalog: hiwis — placed at an angle
  • Tagalog: nakahiwis — placed at an angle
  • Ukrainian: косий (kosyj) — placed at an angle
  • Ukrainian: скісний (skisnyj) — placed at an angle
  • Ukrainian: похилий (poxylyj) — placed at an angle
  • Czech: předpojatý — biased
  • Czech: tendenční — biased
  • Czech: neobjektivní — biased
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