'Skewed' definitions:
Definition of 'skewed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew" [syn: skew, skewed]
Definition of 'Skewed'
From: GCIDE
- Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skewing.]
- 1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. [1913 Webster]
- Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'skewed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agee,
- agee-jawed,
- askance,
- askant,
- askew,
- askewgee,
- asquint,
- asymmetric,
- awry,
- catawampous,
- catawamptious,
- cockeyed,
- crooked,
- deflected,
- deflective,
- diffracted,
- diffractive,
- diffuse,
- diffused,
- disparate,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- distorted,
- flectional,
- flexed,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- inadequate,
- inflective,
- insufficient,
- irregular,
- mismatched,
- odd,
- out of proportion,
- refracted,
- refractile,
- refractive,
- refrangible,
- scattered,
- skew,
- skew-jawed,
- slaunchways,
- squinting,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- wamper-jawed,
- wry,
- yaw-ways
Words containing 'Skewed'
- Skew,
- Skewing,
- skewness,
- Skew arch,
- Skew back,
- Skew bridge,
- Skew curve,
- Skew gearing,
- Skew pantograph,
- Skew surface,
- skew correlation,
- Skew bevel gearing,
- Skew symmetrical determinant,
- skew-eyed,
- skew-whiff,
- bias catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered diagonal kitty-corner kitty-cornered oblique skew skewed slanted