N. obliquity, inclination, slope,
slant,
crookedness, slopeness,
leaning,
bevel,
tilt,
bias, list, twist,
swag,
cant,
lurch,
distortion, bend, tower of pisa,
acclivity, rise,
ascent,
gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank,
declivity,
downhill, dip, fall, devexity|, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach,
talus, monagne russe, facilis descensus averni
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. curvature,
curvity,
curvation, incurvature, incurvity|,
incurvation, bend,
flexure,
flexion,
flection, conflexure|,
crook, hook, bought, bending,
deflection,
deflexion,
inflection,
inflexion,
concameration,
arcuation, devexity|, turn,
deviation,
detour,
sweep,
curl,
curling,
bough,
recurvity,
recurvation,
sinuosity,
kink,
carve, arc, arch,
arcade,
vault, bow,
crescent,
half-moon,
lunule,
horseshoe,
loop, crane neck,
parabola,
hyperbola,
helix, spiral,
catenary,
festoon,
conchoid,
cardioid,
caustic,
tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof,
bay window, bow window, sine curve,
spline, spline curve, spline function,
obliquity V. be curved, curve,
sweep,
sway,
swag,
sag,
deviate,
curl, turn, reenter, render curved,
flex, bend, curve,
incurvate,
inflect,
deflect,
scatter, refract (light) 420,
crook, turn, round, arch,
arcuate, arch over,
concamerate, bow,
curl, recurve,
frizzle,
rotundity,
convexity Adj. curved,
curviform,
curvilineal,
curvilinear, devex|,
devious, recurved,
recurvous,
crump, bowed,
vaulted, hooked,
falciform,
falcated,
semicircular,
crescentic,
sinusoid,
parabolic,
paraboloid,
luniform,
lunular,
semilunar,
conchoidal,
helical, double helical, spiral,
kinky,
cordiform,
cordated,
cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney- shaped,
reniform,
lentiform,
lenticular,
bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike,
arcuate, arched,
beaked,
bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute,
clypeate,
clypeiform,
cymbiform, embowed, galeiform,
hamate,
hamiform,
hamous, hooked,
linguiform,
lingulate, lobiform,
lunate,
navicular,
peltate,
remiform, rhamphoid,
rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid,
scutate,
scaphoid, uncate,
unguiculate,
unguiform Vice Roget’s Thesaurus §945 N. vice, evil-doing, evil courses,
wrongdoing, wickedness,
viciousness, iniquity,
peccability,
demerit, sin, adam|, old adam, offending adam, immorality, impropriety,
indecorum,
scandal,
laxity, looseness of morals, enphagy, dophagy, exophagy, want of principle, want of ballast,
obliquity,
backsliding,
infamy,
demoralization,
pravity,
depravity,
pollution, hardness of heart,
brutality, corruption,
knavery,
profligacy,
flagrancy,
atrocity,
cannibalism, lesbianism, sadism,
infirmity, weakness, weakness of the flesh,
frailty, imperfection, error, weak side,
foible, failing, failure, crying sin, besetting sin, defect,
deficiency, cloven foot, lowest dregs of vice, sink of iniquity, alsatian den, gusto picaresco, fault, crime,
criminality,
sinner,
brothel, gambling house, joint*, opium den, shooting gallery, crack house
V. be vicious, sin, commit sin, do amiss,
err,
transgress, misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself,
misdo,
misbehave, fall,
lapse, slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass, deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue, take a wrong course, go astray, hug a sin, hug a fault, sow one's wild oats, render vicious,
demoralize,
brutalize, corrupt
Adj. vicious, sinful,
sinning, wicked,
iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal,
naughty, incorrect,
unduteous,
undutiful, unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores,
indecorous, unseemly, improper,
dissolute,
profligate,
scampish, unworthy, worthless, desertless, disgraceful,
recreant,
reprehensible,
blameworthy,
uncommendable, discreditable,
disreputable, sadistic, base,
sinister,
scurvy, foul, gross,
vile, black, grave, facinorous|,
felonious,
nefarious, shameful,
scandalous, infamous,
villainous, of a deep dye,
heinous,
flagrant,
flagitious,
atrocious,
incarnate,
accursed,
mephistophelian,
satanic,
diabolic,
hellish,
infernal,
stygian,
fiendlike, hell-born,
demoniacal,
devilish,
fiendish, miscreated,
misbegotten,
demoralized, corrupt,
depraved,
evil-minded, evil-disposed,
ill-conditioned,
malevolent, heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless, abandoned, lost to virtue,
unconscionable, sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity,
incorrigible,
irreclaimable,
obdurate,
reprobate, past praying for,
culpable,
reprehensible,
unjustifiable,
indefensible,
inexcusable,
inexpiable,
unpardonable,
irremissible, weak,
frail,
lax, infirm, imperfect,
indiscrete,
demoralizing,
degrading Int. o tempora, o mores, phr, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, genus est mortis male vivere, mala mens malus animus, nemo repente fuit turpissimus, "the trail of the serpent is over them all", "to sanction vice and hunt decorum down", [Note 1 - Most of these adjectives are applicable both to the act and to the agent.]
