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obliqueness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of obliqueness

the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning

the deliberate obliqueness of his reply left her wondering

Synonyms for obliqueness

ambiguity,
ambiguousness,
darkness,
equivocalness,
equivocation,
inscrutability,
inscrutableness,
murkiness,
mysteriousness,
nebulosity,
nebulousness,
obliquity,
obscurity,
opacity,
opaqueness

Words Related to obliqueness

mystery,
reconditeness

cloudiness,
dimness,
faintness,
fogginess,
fuzziness,
haziness,
indefiniteness,
indistinctness,
mistiness,
shade,
shadow,
uncertainty,
vagueness

impenetrability,
incomprehensibility,
incomprehensibleness

circuitousness,
circuity,
indirectness

deepness,
depth,
profoundness

abstruseness,
abstrusity,
complexity,
complication,
difficulty,
obtuseness

Near Antonyms for obliqueness

comprehensibility,
intelligibility,
legibility

brightness,
distinctness,
self-evidence

certainty,
surety

definiteness,
exactness,
explicitness,
incision,
incisiveness,
lucidity,
lucidness,
perspicuity,
perspicuousness

directness,
forthrightness,
openness,
straightforwardness

palpability,
tangibility,
tangibleness,
visibility

readability,
readableness

obviousness

Antonyms for obliqueness

clarity,
clearness,
obviousness,
plainness

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Thesaurus Entries Near obliqueness

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obliquity

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