Antonyms for canted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kant

Phonetic Transcription : kænt

straighten

Definition of canted

Origin : "insincere talk," 1709, earlier it was slang for "whining of beggars" (1640s), from the verb in this sense (1560s), from Old North French canter (Old French chanter) "to sing, chant," from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Sense in English developed after 1680 to mean the jargon of criminals and vagabonds, thence applied contemptuously by any sect or school to the phraseology of its rival.
... Slang is universal, whilst Cant is restricted in usage to certain classes of the community: thieves, vagrom men, and -- well, their associates. ... Slang boasts a quasi-respectability denied to Cant, though Cant is frequently more enduring, its use continuing without variation of meaning for many generations. [John S. Farmer, Forewords to "Musa Pedestris," 1896]

verb lean, slant

Example sentences :

Then he canted over to port and reached down into his pocket.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

We were jolly glad you got canted out, though you are a bit of a mule.
Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

With her extra canvas, the James was canted over perilously.
Extract from : « The Black Buccaneer » by Stephen W. Meader

The rocket was canted slightly but, he thought, not dangerously so.
Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton

When I tried to get on the bed it canted over and deposited me on the floor.
Extract from : « Prisoner for Blasphemy » by G. W. [George William] Foote

McGowan again shifted his hat—this time he canted it on one side.
Extract from : « Peter » by F. Hopkinson Smith

And they had such a horror of cant, that they canted on the other side.
Extract from : « Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again » by Joseph Barker

She canted her head to one side and considered him with fearless blue eyes.
Extract from : « The Seventh Man » by Max Brand

He had one of those long faces which invariably imply shrewdness, and he canted his head to one side while he watched Andy.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Jack had canted his head a little to one side, smiling faintly for the joy of the memory.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

Synonyms for canted

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