not straight, bent; dishonest
bend, curve; be bent, be curved
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Crooked Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Crooked Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(imp. & p. p.)
of Crook
of Crook
(a.)
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
(a.)
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
(a.)
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCharacterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
crooked
\crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a.
1. characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. "crooked paths." he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.
2. not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. they are a perverse and crooked generation. xxxii. 5.
3. false; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
crooked
whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [slang, u.s.]
similar words(1)
crooked whisky
Anunion = a. indirect, crooked
Bachog = a. hooked; crooked
Cam = n. circumvention; a step, stride, or pace; a. crooked;
Croca = a. crooked, tortuous
Crwca = a. crooked, bowed, bent
Glaif = n. a crooked sword
Gogam = a. somewhat crooked
Gwyrgam = a. obliquely crooked
feeling extremely unwell
very crooked; not straight
feeling extremely unwell
be upset with; be angry with
Adjective
1. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
(antonym) straight
(similar) akimbo(ip)
(see-also) coiled
(attribute) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
2. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
(synonym) corrupt
(antonym) straight
(similar) dishonest, unscrupulous
(see-also) dishonest, dishonorable
(attribute) honesty, honestness
3. irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline"
(synonym) asymmetrical
(similar) irregular
4. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
(synonym) hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping
(similar) unerect
Noun
1. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
(synonym) criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) accessory, accessary
2. a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
(synonym) bend, turn
(hypernym) curve, curved shape
(hyponym) bight
(derivation) curve
3. a long staff with one end being hook shaped
(synonym) shepherd's crook
(hypernym) staff
Verb
1. bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
(synonym) curve
(hypernym) bend, flex
(hyponym) recurve
(derivation) bend, turn
Crooked Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Crook, Crooks or Crooked may refer to:
Places
- Crook, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Crook, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
- Crook, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Crook Inn, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Crook, Colorado, United States
- Crook County, Oregon, United States
- Crook County, Wyoming, United States
- Crooks, South Dakota, United States
- Crooks Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
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Crooked Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Nosegrind with nose sliding at the same time.
Crooked Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
crooked; crookedness
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