 crooked |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned | |
| Examples: | "crooked country roads" "crooked teeth" |
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| Related terms: | straight bent contorted warped askew windblown aquiline bending contorted tortuous malposed askew wry akimbo geniculate reflexed gnarled zigzag deflective squiggly anfractuous indirect coiled shape | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] irregular in shape or outline | |
| Synonyms: | asymmetrical | |
| Examples: | "asymmetrical features" "a dress with an crooked hemline" |
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| Related terms: | irregular | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive | |
| Synonyms: | corrupt | |
| Related terms: | straight sneaky dishonest dishonest unlawful honesty | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | |
| Synonyms: | stooped round-backed round-shouldered stooping hunched | |
| Examples: | "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" |
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| Related terms: | unerect | |
| Similar spelling: |
crookedly crocked crocketed crossed cracked crouched Crocket cricket crazed crusted crushed crockett crested creased cragged crocodile Crocethia cricketer creosote |
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