sloping

3.1

A surface that is not flat or level and leans to one side

adjective
/ˈsloʊpɪŋ/

: inclinado

The house has a beautiful sloping roof that catches the sunlight perfectly.

This is an example of a four door kind of sloping roof car done right.

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Examples

To create the GLE Coupe, Mercedes took the regular GLE and they sort of sat on it to create this sloping roof line in the back.
And then the sloping roof as you see it here was thatched.
This is an example of a four door kind of sloping roof car done right.

Doug DeMuro
And so they created this, these apartments, they have sloping floors.
We have our nice graceful neck and we have a nice sloping trapezius that feeds into our shoulders.
The trail was marked by a sloping pathway leading up the hill.
They built a small garden on the sloping land beside their home.

Synonyms

diagonal

vssloping

10 3.2

At an angle so it runs from one side to the other

is more general and not restricted to geometric positions

angled

vssloping

9 3.3

Placed at a slant so it is not straight up or flat

is less technical and applies to any tilted surface

inclined

vssloping

6 3.9

Sloping so one end is higher than the other

is the simpler way to say a surface tilts at any angle

oblique

vssloping

5 7.5

Slanting, not straight up or straight across

is broader and covers simple tilts without the strict geometry sense

slanty

vssloping

1 4.4

Leaning to one side and not level

is the neutral term for any sidewise tilt rather than flat

slanted

vssloping

3.9

Not straight or level and leaning to one side

is the general term for any surface that is not flat

slanting

vssloping

2.9

Tilting at an angle, not straight up or flat

is broader, applying to any object that tilts rather than lies flat

sloped

vssloping

2.3

A surface that is not flat and goes up or down at an angle

is the everyday word for being angled rather than level

tilted

vssloping

2.5

Leaning to one side and not straight, like a picture on a wall

covers both leaning and more general angled positions

aslope

vssloping

Archaic

8.6

At an angle so one side is higher than the other

is the common general expression for that same tilt

aslant

vssloping

Archaic

7.2

At an angle, not straight

is the broad, neutral word for any nonlevel position

atilt

vssloping

Archaic

9.8

Leaning to one side and not straight

is the wider term for any leaning or angled state

tipped

vssloping

3.8

A thing that leans to one side and does not stand straight

is more general and covers any angled or inclined state

pitched

vssloping

4.3

Slanted so water runs off easily

is not limited to building parts and suits any tilted surface

clinal

vssloping

9.1

Sloping so a surface leans at an angle

is the plain term for leaning without technical connotations

steepish

vssloping

5.7

A path or road with a fairly sharp slope

is the milder term for any tilt, not implying steepness

Antonyms

flat

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

level

1.0

Having a flat surface

Compounds

downward-sloping

4.1

Going down at a noticeable angle

sloping trough

Specialized

6.3

A long tilted channel that guides water or things down by themselves

How Slanted

vertical

100 2.7

steep

131 2.5

sloping

3.1

level

1.0

Surface Forms

sloping positive

slopinger comparative

slopingerest superlative

Morphology

sloping = slope (transparent) = slope + ing

The adjective is transparently formed from the verb 'slope' with the participial suffix '-ing', describing something that slopes.

Etymology

Sloping comes from the simple word slope, which means 'an inclined surface' or 'a part that leans'. A helpful image is a hill you could slide down, and that's why sloping means 'at an angle' or 'not level'.