angled

American  

[ang-guhld] / ˈæŋ gəld /

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.

2. Heraldry.

   1. noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.

   2. (of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

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Etymology

Origin of angled

First recorded in 1565–75; angle ¹ + -ed ³

Explanation

Something at a sharp angle, slant, or incline can be described as angled. An angled ramp makes skateboarding more fun. The roof of your house is probably angled, and so is the ramp of a parking garage and the blade of a chef's knife. Sports reporters are fond of describing certain moves as angled, too, like an angled basketball shot or an angled football run. The adjective angled comes from angle, "space between intersecting lines," from the Latin angulus, "an angle or a corner."

Example Sentences

By the time the podcasters came into the Spotify Sycamore Studios for their show, which covers all things in Black culture and politics, the overhead lights were set, and the cameras were precisely angled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Humans can understand how lighting changes surface details, like how angled lighting reveals texture but reduces visible color.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Analyzing video footage of her crippler, the AI pointed out that her arm was angled above her head on landing, which, in a sport partially judged on aesthetics and style, was less than ideal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Marnus Labuschagne received a full delivery from Tongue angled into the stumps and edged to slip, before the same bowler snared Steve Smith with one which nipped to bowl him through the gate.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

After picking up additional passengers, the train slipped into a tunnel that angled downward.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai