angular
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
Relating or about an angle.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈæŋɡjəlɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
Sharp-cornered; pointed.
figuratively
Sharp and stiff in character.
Lean, lank.
Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
noun
anatomy
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
Used this way, angular is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “The old house had many sharp, angular features that made it look a bit spooky.”adjective
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
Arranged so as to form an angle.
Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
Having axes that meet each other with right angles.
Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be….
Having equal angles.
Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The terminal branch of the facial artery.
The angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer.
The product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation.
Relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established.
A shape having one or more sharp angles.
A unit of measurement for angles.
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