Definition of crooked Crooked
/kɹʊˈkʌd/ - [krukud] - crook•ed
We found 15 definitions of crooked from 6 different sources.
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Adjectivecrooked, crookedder, crookeddest |
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| crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" | ||
| straight in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" | ||
| coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck" | ||
| indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" | ||
| configuration, conformation, contour, shape, form an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" | ||
| akimbo (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo" | ||
| anfractuous full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs" | ||
| aquiline, hooked curved down like an eagle's beak | ||
| askew, skew-whiff, awry, lopsided, wonky, cockeyed turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" | ||
| contorted, writhed, writhen twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott | ||
| deflective, refractive capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) | ||
| geniculate bent at a sharp angle | ||
| gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" | ||
| malposed characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth" | ||
| reflexed (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees | ||
| squiggly wavy and twisting | ||
| twisting, twisty, winding, tortuous, voluminous not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning" | ||
| warped used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked" | ||
| windblown used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | ||
| wry bent to one side; "a wry neck" | ||
| crooked - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive | ||
| corrupt | ||
| square, straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | ||
| dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | ||
| unlawful contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" | ||
| honestness, honesty the quality of being honest | ||
| crooked - irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline" | ||
| asymmetrical | ||
| crooked - having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" | ||
| hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crooked (imp. & p. p.)
of Crook - crooked (a.)
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. - crooked (a.)
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. - crooked (a.)
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
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Opposite of straight
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A crooked tree will have a crooked shadow. -
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Crooked logs make straight fires.
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