N. distortion,
detortion,
contortion, twist,
crookedness,
grimace,
deformity,
malformation,
malconformation,
harelip,
monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry,
anamorphosis,
ugliness,
talipes,
teratology,
asymmetry,
irregularity Adj. distorted, out of shape, irregular,
asymmetric, unsymmetric,
awry,
wry,
askew,
crooked, not true, not straight, on one side,
crump,
deformed,
harelipped,
misshapen,
misbegotten, misproportioned, ill proportioned, ill-made,
grotesque,
monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn, camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed,
bandy, bandy legged, bow legged, bow kneed, knock kneed, splay footed, club footed, round shouldered, snub nosed, curtailed of one's fair proportions,
stumpy,
gaunt,
bloated,
scalene,
simous, taliped, talipedic
Adv. all manner of ways
Phr. crooked as a virginia fence, 2, special form
N. angularity, angularness,
aduncity, angle,
cusp, bend, fold,
notch,
fork,
bifurcation,
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo,
akimbo, corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel, coign, right angle, 212,
obliquity, angle of 45x,
miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity,
trigonometry,
goniometry,
altimetry,
clinometer,
graphometer,
goniometer,
theodolite,
sextant,
quadrant,
dichotomy, triangle,
trigon,
wedge,
rectangle, square,
lozenge,
diamond,
rhomb,
rhombus,
quadrangle,
quadrilateral,
parallelogram,
quadrature,
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon,
decagon, pyramid, cone, platonic bodies,
cube,
rhomboid,
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid,
parallelopiped,
curb roof, gambrel roof,
mansard roof Adj. angular, bent,
crooked,
aduncous, uncinated,
aquiline,
jagged,
serrated,
falciform,
falcated,
furcated,
forked,
bifurcate,
zigzag,
furcular, hooked,
dovetailed, knock kneed,
crinkled,
akimbo,
kimbo,
geniculated, oblique,
fusiform,
wedge-shaped,
cuneiform,
cuneate,
multangular,
oxygonal, triangular,
trigonal,
trilateral,
quadrangular,
quadrilateral,
foursquare, rectangular, square,
multilateral,
polygonal,
cubical,
rhomboid,
rhomboidal,
pyramidal N. {ant. 525} latency, inexpression, hidden meaning, occult meaning,
occultness,
mystery,
cabala,
anagoge, silence,
concealment, more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear, delphic oracle, le dessous des cartes, undercurrent,
implication, logical implication, logical consequence,
entailment, allusion,
insinuation,
innuendo,
adumbration, "something rotten in the state of denmark", snake in the grass, secret, darkness,
invisibility,
imperceptibility V. be latent,
lurk,
smolder, underlie, make no sign, escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition, lie hid, laugh in one's sleeve, keep back, involve, imply, understand, allude to,
infer, leave an inference,
entail,
whisper, read between the lines
Adj. latent,
lurking, secret,
occult, implied,
dormant,
abeyant, unapparent, unknown, unseen, in the background, invisible, indiscoverable, dark,
impenetrable,
unspied, unsuspected, unsaid, unwritten, unpublished, unbreathed, untalked of, untold, unsung, unexposed, unproclaimed,
undisclosed, unexpressed, not expressed,
tacit, undeveloped,
solved, unexplained, untraced, undiscovered,
untracked,
unexplored, uninvented, indirect,
crooked,
inferential, by inference, by implication,
implicit, constructive,
allusive,
covert,
muffled, steganographic, understood, underhand, underground,
delitescent, concealed
Adv. by a side wind, sub silentio, in the background, behind the scenes, behind one's back, on the tip of one's tongue, secretly, between the lines
Phr. "thereby hangs a tale", tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus, where there's smoke, there's fire
N. cunning, craft,
cunningness,
craftiness,
subtlety,
artificiality,
maneuvering,
temporization,
circumvention,
chicane,
chicanery, sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery,
concealment,
guile, doubling,
duplicity, foul play,
diplomacy, politics,
machiavelism,
jobbery, backstairs influence, art,
artifice,
device,
machination, plot,
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge, sidestep, artful dodge,
wile,
trick,
trickery,
ruse, ruse de guerre,
finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge,
shift, go by,
subterfuge,
evasion, white lie,
juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net,
trap, ulysses, machiavel, sly boots, fox,
reynard,
scotchman,
jew,
yankee,
intriguer, intrigant,
floater, indian giver, keener,
repeater V. be cunning, have cut one's eyeteeth,
contrive, live by one's wits,
maneuver,
intrigue,
gerrymander,
finesse, double,
temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter,
circumvent, steal a march upon, overreach, throw off one's guard, surprise, snatch a verdict,
waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge, play a deep game, play tricks with, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces,
flatter, make things pleasant, have an ax to grind,
dodge, sidestep, bob and weave
Adj. cunning,
crafty, artful, skillful,
subtle,
feline,
vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing,
contriving,
intriguing,
strategic,
diplomatic,
politic,
machiavelian,
timeserving, artificial,
tricky,
tricksy,
wily,
sly,
slim,
insidious,
stealthy, underhand,
subdolous,
deceitful, slippery as an eel,
evasive,
crooked, arch,
pawky,
shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle|,
canny,
astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful,
diplomatic,
politic,
polite Phr. diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, "something is rotten in the state of denmark"
N. ugliness,
deformity,
inelegance, acomia, disfigurement, want of symmetry,
inconcinnity,
distortion,
squalor, forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, "spretae injuria formae",
eyesore, object,
witch,
hag, figure, sight,
fright,
monster, dog, woofer, pig,
octopus,
specter,
scarecrow, harridan|, satyr|,
toad,
monkey,
baboon, caliban,
aesop, "monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum"
V. be ugly, look ill, grin horribly a ghastly smile, make faces, render ugly,
deface, disfigure, defigure|,
distort,
blemish, soil
Adj. ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey, plain, bald (unadorned) 849, homely, ordinary, unornamental, inartistic, unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely, unshapely, sightless, seemless, not fit to be seen,
unbeauteous, unbeautiful,
beautiless, semibeautiful, shapeless,
misshapen, misproportioned,
monstrous,
gaunt,
dumpy, curtailed of its fair proportions, ill-made, ill- shaped, ill-proportioned,
crooked, hard featured, hard visaged,
ill-favored,
hard-favored,
evil-favored,
ill-looking,
unprepossessing, unattractive, uninviting, unpleasing, graceless, inelegant, ungraceful, ungainly,
uncouth, stiff,
rugged, rough, gross, rude,
awkward,
clumsy,
slouching,
rickety,
gawky,
lumping,
lumpish,
lumbering,
hulky,
hulking,
unwieldy,
squalid,
haggard,
grim, grim faced, grim visaged,
grisly,
ghastly, ghost like, death like,
cadaverous,
grewsome,
gruesome,
frightful,
hideous,
odious,
uncanny,
forbidding, repellant,
repulsive,
repugnant,
grotesque,
bizarre, grody, grody to the max,
horrid,
horrible,
shocking, foul,
dingy,
gaudy, disfigured, discolored
N. improbity,
dishonesty, dishonor, deviation from rectitude, disgrace,
fraud, lying, bad faith, punic faith, mala fides, punica fides,
infidelity,
faithlessness, judas kiss,
betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, breach of faith, prodition|,
disloyalty, treason, high treason,
apostasy,
nonobservance,
shabbiness,
villainy,
villany, baseness,
abjection,
debasement,
turpitude, moral turpitude,
laxity,
trimming,
shuffling,
perfidy,
perfidiousness,
treachery,
double dealing, unfairness,
knavery,
roguery,
rascality, foul play,
jobbing,
jobbery,
graft,
bribery,
venality,
nepotism, corruption, job,
shuffle, fishy transaction,
barratry, sharp practice, heads i win tails you lose, mouth honor
V. be dishonest, play false, break one's word, break one's faith, break one's promise,
jilt,
betray,
forswear,
shuffle, live by one's wits, sail near the wind, disgrace oneself, dishonor oneself, demean oneself,
derogate,
stoop,
grovel,
sneak, lose caste, sell oneself, go over to the enemy, seal one's infamy
Adj. dishonest, dishonorable, unconscientious,
unscrupulous,
fraudulent,
knavish, disgraceful, wicked,
false-hearted,
disingenuous, unfair,
one-sided, double, double- hearted,
double-tongued,
double-faced,
timeserving,
crooked,
tortuous,
insidious,
machiavelian, dark,
slippery,
fishy,
perfidious,
treacherous,
perjured, infamous,
arrant, foul, base,
vile,
ignominious,
blackguard, contemptible, unrespectable,
abject, mean,
shabby, little,
paltry,
dirty,
scurvy,
scabby,
sneaking,
groveling,
scrubby,
rascally,
pettifogging, beneath one,
low-minded,
low-thoughted,
base-minded,
undignified, indign|, unbecoming,
unbeseeming,
unbefitting,
derogatory,
degrading, infra dignitatem, ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike, unknightly, unchivalric, unmanly, unhandsome,
recreant, inglorious, corrupt,
venal,
debased,
mongrel, faithless, of bad faith, false, unfaithful,
disloyal, untrustworthy, trustless,
trothless, lost to shame, dead to honor,
barratrous Adv. dishonestly, mala fide, like a thief in the night, by crooked paths
Phr. corruptissima respublica plurimae leges
Int. o tempora, o mores, [Cicero]
