Canting

Synonyms for "canting" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

affected aslant aslope atilt bevel beveled bias biased careening false fulsome goodygoody goodygoody-goodyholier-than-thou

Noun(2 words)

angle bevel

Strong matches (26)

hypocritic hypocritical inclinational inclinatory inclined inclining insincere leaning listing mealymouthed oilyout of plumbout of squarepecksniffian pharisaic pharisaical

Noun(10 words)

hypocritical inclination incline inclined jargon jargony lingo moralistic moralize oblique

Related words (42)

pharisean pietistic pious pitched raking recumbent sanctified sanctimonious self-righteous shelving shelvy sideling sidelongsimon puresimon-pure slant slanted slanting slantways slantwise

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sloped sloping sniveling tartuffian tartuffish tilted tilting tipped tipping tipsy unctuous

Noun(11 words)

pontificate preach pretentious sanctimoniousself righteousslang slant slanted technical tilt tilted

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angle communicationdescriptive termgeometry conceptlanguagelinguistic stylemodifiermoral rhetoricorientationorientation changeregister speechtone descriptor

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21 entries

academic jargonbevelcant expressionscant slangcant termsinclining legalesemoralizing cantmoralizing rhetoricpitchpolitical cantreligious cantsanctimonious toneslant slanting slope

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Collocations

14 entries

cant anglecant beamcant expressionscant wordscanting anglecanting beamcanting jargoncanting languagecanting motioncanting parapetcanting rhetoriccanting slangcanting slopecanting speech

Inflections

5 entries

canted cantings cantsmore cantingmost canting

Derivations

4 entries

cant canted cantingly cantingness

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.

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