crooked (adj.)

early 13c., "bent, curved, in a bent shape," past-participle adjective from crook (v.). In the figurative sense of "dishonest, false, treacherous, not straight in conduct" is from c. 1200. Related: Crookedly; crookedness.

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crook (v.)

late 12c., "bend, cause to assume an angular or curved form," from crook (n.) or from an unrecorded Old English *crōcian. Intransitive sense of "to have a crooked shape, to bend or be bent" is from c. 1300. Crookback "hunchback" is from late 15c.

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Definitions of crooked

crooked (adj.)

having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned;

crooked country roads

crooked teeth

crooked (adj.)

not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive;

Synonyms: corrupt

crooked (adj.)

irregular in shape or outline;

a dress with a crooked hemline

Synonyms: asymmetrical

crooked (adj.)

having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect;

Synonyms: hunched / round-backed / round-shouldered / stooped / stooping

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