crooked

Adjective
US[krook-uhd]/ˈkrʊkəd/2 syllables
Synonyms: corruptasymmetricalhunchedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedstooping

Open English WordNet

Adjective (4)

  1. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned“crooked country roads”“crooked teeth”Opposite straightSimilar askew, malposed, warped, contorted, tortuous, aquiline, windblown, wry +8 moreRelates to shape, formSee also indirect, coiled
  2. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasiveSynonyms: corruptSimilar sneaky, underhandRelates to honesty, honestnessSee also dishonest, unlawful
  3. irregular in shape or outline“asymmetrical features”“a dress with a crooked hemline”Synonyms: asymmetricalOpposite regularSimilar irregular
  4. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect“a little oldish misshapen stooping woman”Synonyms: hunchedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedstoopingOpposite erectSimilar unerect

Related words crookedness noun, corruption noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Crook′ed (kr??k′?d), adjective

1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. “Crooked paths.” John Locke

he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.— William Shakespeare

2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

They are a perverse and crooked generation.— Deut. 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. Barlett.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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