canted

• absurd
• angled
• askance
• askant
• asymmetrical
• awry
• banked
• bent
• cam
• cant
• cocked
• crazy
• crooked
• cross-eyed
• declined
• descended
• deviated
• diagonal
• graded
• heeled
• inclined
• leaned
• leaning
• listed
• listing
• lopsided
• ludicrous
• nonsensical
• oblique
• pitched
• preposterous
• raked
• reclined
• retreated
• slant
• slanted
• slantwise
• sloped
• sloping
• squint
• strabismic
• swerved
• tilted
• tilting
• tipped
• veered

• evened
• flattened
• horizontal
• level
• leveled
• levelled
• parallel
• perpendicular
• plumb
• straight
• straightened
• up-and-down
• vertical

• verb
  1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  2. To speak in set phrases.
  3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  6. To set (something) at an angle.
  7. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  8. To bevel an edge or corner.
  9. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  10. To divide or parcel out.
• adjective
  1. Having angles.
  2. Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.

• The picture frame was slightly canted to the left.
• He canted his head, trying to understand the strange noise.
• The roof was canted to allow rainwater to drain off easily.
• She canted the mirror to catch more light.
• The photographer canted the camera for a dramatic angle.

oblique

abrupt

fallen

raked

sank

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