Crookedness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A winding, bending, or turning; curvature; inflection.
  • noun. Want of rectitude; dishonesty; perverseness; obliquity of conduct.
  • noun. Physical deformity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.
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  • noun. The state of being crooked
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  • noun. a tortuous and twisted shape or position
  • noun. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
  • noun. having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
    • Word Usage
    "Now sticks are bent by the fire, because that draws the moisture, and so the crookedness is a violent distortion; but the natural heat nourishes and preserves the body."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    configuration  conformation  contour  dishonesty  distorted shape  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dishonesty  disingenuousness  faithlessness  fatuousness  free-and-easiness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    perverseness  
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