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Meaning of crooked in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkrʊkəd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    crooked

    Definitions

    1. irregular in shape or outline

    Examples

    • « asymmetrical features »
    • « a dress with an crooked hemline »

    Synonyms

    • irregular
  2. 2. having the back and shoulders rounded

    Examples

    • « not erect »
    • « a little oldish misshapen stooping woman »

    Synonyms

    • unerect
  3. Qualitative Adjective

    crooked

    Etymology

    Middle English: from crook, probably modeled on Old Norse krókóttr‘crooked, cunning’

    Definitions

    1. having or marked by bends or angles

    Examples

    • « not straight or aligned »
    • « crooked country roads »
    • « crooked teeth »

    Synonyms

    • akimbo(ip)
    • anfractuous
    • aquiline
    • hooked
    • askew
    • awry(p)
    • cockeyed
    • lopsided
    • wonky
    • skew-whiff
    • bending
    • bent
    • contorted
    • distorted
    • twisted
    • contorted
    • writhed
    • writhen
    • deflective
    • refractive
    • gnarled
    • gnarly
    • knotted
    • knotty
    • knobbed
    • malposed
    • reflexed
    • squiggly
    • warped
    • windblown
    • wry
    • zigzag
    • geniculate
    • tortuous
    • twisting
    • twisty
    • winding

    Antonyms

    • straight
  4. 2. not straight

    Examples

    • « dishonest or immoral or evasive »

    Synonyms

    • dishonest
    • unscrupulous
    • sneaky
    • underhand
    • underhanded

    Antonyms

    • straight

See also

  • dishonest
  • unlawful

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