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