canting
Leaning to one side
Canting describes speech or behavior that is hypocritically pious or self-righteous, often with an air of moral superiority that the speaker doesn't genuinely possess.
A canting preacher might denounce sins he secretly commits.
The word also has a technical sense in heraldry, where canting arms are a coat of arms that makes a visual pun on the bearer's name.
As a present participle of cant, it can simply mean tilting or slanting: the canting deck of the ship.
Angled from vertical
- leaningTendency toward something
- slantedAngled from vertical
- inclinedTending toward, tilted
- angledTurned from perpendicular
listing · heeling · pitched · sloped · askew · oblique · lopsided · aslant
Informal in-group vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- rhyming slangSubstitution using sound-alike phrases
- coded languageCommunication using concealed meanings
- secret languageConcealed mode of communication
Feigned moral superiority
- tartufferyInsincere religious pretense
- self-righteousnessSmug moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
- piousnessReligious reverence and devotion
moralizing · insincerity · pretense · affectation · unctuousness · smugness · duplicity · two-faced
tilted
Angled from vertical
angled · listing · heeling · pitched · sloped · askew · oblique · lopsided · aslant · banking
slang
Informal in-group vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- rhyming slangSubstitution using sound-alike phrases
- coded languageCommunication using concealed meanings
sanctimony
Feigned moral superiority
- tartufferyInsincere religious pretense
- self-righteousnessSmug moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
piousness · moralizing · insincerity · pretense · affectation · unctuousness · smugness · duplicity · two-faced · simpering
- archeryarrow, bow, bows, arrows, archer
- batikwax pen, hot wax, wax removal, crackle, traditional motifs
- heraldrycoat of arms, coats of arms, crest, crests, arms
- Southeast Asian Attiresarong, sinh, tube skirt, ceremonial dress, court dress
cantinglevel
Horizontal or uniform position
horizontal · upright · plumb · straight · vertical
cantingplainspoken
Candid in speech
direct · straightforward · blunt · unvarnished · matter-of-fact