tilted
Adjective: 1. Not straight or level; sloping or leaning at an angle: Describes something that is not perfectly vertical (upright) or horizontal (flat), but is instead slanted or inclined. * Example: The picture on the wall is tilted; we need to straighten it. * Example: The old, tilted headstones in the cemetery gave it a haunting atmosphere.
The adjective "tilted" describes the state or position of an object. It is often used to indicate a deviation from an expected or normal upright or level position. It can imply a slight or a significant angle. * It is commonly used with objects like furniture, buildings, pictures, or land. * It can describe a temporary state (e.g., a tilted chair) or a permanent characteristic (e.g., the tilted Leaning Tower of Pisa).
- After the earthquake, we noticed the entire floor was slightly tilted.
- She wore her hat tilted at a fashionable angle.
- The table is tilted, so my drink keeps sliding to one side.
- "tilted toward/away from": Used to specify the direction of the slant.
- Example: The solar panels are tilted toward the south to capture maximum sunlight.
- Example: His political views are tilted toward progressive policies. (Figurative use, meaning "leaning in favor of").
- "tilted axis": A scientific term, often used in astronomy.
- Example: The Earth's tilted axis is responsible for the changing seasons.
- Tilt (verb): To cause something to slope or lean.
- Example: Please don't tilt your chair back; it's dangerous.
- Tilt (noun): A slope or a slant.
- Example: The tilt of the roof allows rain to run off easily.
- Tilting (adjective/gerund): The act or process of becoming tilted.
- Example: The tilting ship caused many passengers to feel seasick.
- Slanted: At an angle; inclined.
- Leaning: Out of perpendicular; inclining.
- Sloped: Having an inclined surface.
- At an angle: Not horizontal or vertical.
- Inclined: Sloping or leaning.
- Straight: Not bent or curved; extending in one direction.
- Level: Having a flat, horizontal surface.
- Upright: Vertical; erect.
- Plumb: Exactly vertical.
- departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
- the leaning tower of Pisa
- the headstones were tilted