Meaning of crooked in English
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Pronunciation
/ˈkrʊkəd/US accent
UK accent
to browse different examples of pronunciation.Classifying Adjective
crookedDefinitions
1. irregular in shape or outlineExamples
- « asymmetrical features »
- « a dress with an crooked hemline »
Synonyms
- 2. having the back and shoulders rounded
Examples
- « not erect »
- « a little oldish misshapen stooping woman »
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Qualitative Adjective
crookedEtymology
Middle English: from crook, probably modeled on Old Norse krókóttr‘crooked, cunning’Definitions
1. having or marked by bends or anglesExamples
- « 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
- 2. not straight
Examples
- « dishonest or immoral or evasive »
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Famous quotes
- « When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body. » Heather Locklear
- « Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances. » Steve Allen
- « Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. » Henry David Thoreau
- « Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. » Jean Paul
- « I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss contest. » Jane Seymour