Antonyms for lopsided


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lop-sahy-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɒpˈsaɪ dɪd


Definition of lopsided

Origin :
  • also lop-sided, 1711, originally lapsided, first used of ships; from lop (v.2) + side (n.). Related: Lopsidedly; lopsidedness.
  • adj leaning, falling to one side; larger on one side
Example sentences :
  • She retired into the garage and returned with a lopsided oilcan.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • He grinned at Scorio, but the grin was lopsided, more like a sneering grimace.
  • Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • His lopsided grin was as frightening as the cardinal's angry stare.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
  • Now break up that lopsided, rickety table there and make a fire.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Charles Goddard
  • Art Kuzak could only sigh heavily, grin a lopsided grin, and produce.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • It is a lopsided star—a six point star with one point missing.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • He had a slow, lopsided gait, and his tongue dangled from the side of his mouth.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • I told her honestly that it was peculiar, lopsided, and bulging on one side.
  • Extract from : « Ghosts I Have Seen » by Violet Tweedale
  • We have no right to be lopsided or to blow capriciously hot and cold.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Radical Empiricism » by William James
  • Just because a lopsided, left-handed freak like you handed me a licking?
  • Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan

Synonyms for lopsided

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