tilted

Leaning to one side

Tilted describes something inclined or slanted from its usual position: a tilted picture frame, She held her head at a tilted angle.

In gaming and poker slang, tilted means emotionally agitated or frustrated to the point of impaired judgment: After losing three hands in a row, he was completely tilted.

The gaming sense has spread to general use for being off-balance or rattled.

askew

crooked

Bent or dishonest

skewed · misaligned · cockeyed · uneven · wonky · slanted · aslant · canted · listing · sideways

biased

prejudiced

Biased against a group

skewed · unfair · partisan · weighted · loaded · unbalanced · favoring · leaning · disposed · inclined

angled

slant

Oblique angle or bias

  • slopeAngled terrain or steepness
  • angleGeometric measure of rotation
  • diagonalSlanting line or path

oblique · incline · lean · cant · pitch · rake · gradient · degrees · rotation · axis

unstable

wobbly

Tending to teeter

tottering · rickety · off-balance · shaky · unbalanced · toppling · listing · leaning · swaying · lurching

gaming

pinball

Flipper-controlled arcade game

  • arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
  • foulOffensive or illegal
  • cheatAct dishonestly to win

sensor · machine · violation · frustration · aggressive · rage · angry · emotional · poker · irrational

Categories
Opposites
angular orientation

tiltedlevel

Horizontal or uniform position

straight · upright · vertical · horizontal · plumb

balance/equilibrium

tiltedbalanced

In a state of equilibrium

even · level · stable · centered · symmetric

fairness/bias (figurative)

tiltedfair

Impartial and unbiased

unbiased · impartial · neutral · balanced · even-handed

Phrases
Family

tilt, tilting, tilts

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G