| oblique | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. oblique, oblique case | any grammatical case other than the nominative. |
| ~ grammatical case, case | nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. |
| ~ accusative, accusative case, objective case | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. |
| ~ dative, dative case | the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb. |
| ~ genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case | the case expressing ownership. |
| ~ vocative, vocative case | the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed. |
| ~ ablative, ablative case | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb. |
| n. (body) | 2. abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso. |
| ~ abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab | the muscles of the abdomen. |
| adj. | 3. oblique | slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.; "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 base" |
| ~ convergent | tending to come together from different directions. |
| ~ diverging, divergent | tending to move apart in different directions. |
| ~ inclined | at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.; "an inclined plane" |
| ~ bias | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.; "a bias fold" |
| ~ cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered | slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" |
| ~ crabwise, sideways | (of movement) at an angle. |
| ~ diagonal | connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face.; "a diagonal line across the page" |
| ~ nonparallel | (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging. |
| ~ oblique-angled | having oblique angles. |
| adj. | 4. devious, oblique | 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" |
| ~ indirect | extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action.; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
| deviate | | |
| n. (person) | 1. degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. |
| ~ fetishist | one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature). |
| ~ masochist | someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment. |
| ~ nympho, nymphomaniac | a woman with abnormal sexual desires. |
| ~ child molester, paederast, pederast | a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner. |
| ~ paedophile, pedophile | an adult who is sexually attracted to children. |
| ~ miscreant, reprobate | a person without moral scruples. |
| ~ sadist | someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others. |
| ~ sadomasochist | someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism. |
| ~ lech, lecher, letch, satyr | man with strong sexual desires. |
| ~ bugger, sodomist, sodomite, sod | someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male). |
| v. (motion) | 2. deviate, divert | turn aside; turn away from. |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ yaw | deviate erratically from a set course.; "the yawing motion of the ship" |
| ~ detour | travel via a detour. |
| ~ sidetrack, straggle, digress, depart | wander from a direct or straight course. |
| v. (stative) | 3. depart, deviate, diverge, vary | be at variance with; be out of line with. |
| ~ aberrate | diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration.; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" |
| ~ aberrate | diverge from the expected.; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" |
| ~ belie, contradict, negate | be in contradiction with. |
| ~ differ | be different.; "These two tests differ in only one respect" |
| v. (motion) | 4. deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| ~ divert | send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. |
| ~ perturb | cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" |
| ~ perturb | disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" |
| ~ shunt | provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt. |
| adj. | 5. aberrant, deviant, deviate | markedly different from an accepted norm.; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" |
| ~ abnormal, unnatural | not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm.; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food" |
| diverge | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. diverge | move or draw apart.; "The two paths diverge here" |
| ~ furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.; "The road forks" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (stative) | 2. diverge | have no limits as a mathematical series. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 3. diverge | extend in a different direction.; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged" |
| ~ divaricate | branch off.; "The road divaricates here" |
| ~ bifurcate | split or divide into two. |
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