crooked#1 (a)

a02311544

type a
lex_filenum 00
def having or marked by bends or angles
def not straight or aligned
examples crooked country roads
crooked teeth
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Also see coiled; indirect
Attribute shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
Derivationally related form crooked → crookedness
Antonym crooked → straight
Similar to akimbo(ip); anfractuous; aquiline, hooked; askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff; contorted, writhed, writhen; deflective, refractive; geniculate; gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed; malposed; reflexed; squiggly; tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous; warped; windblown; wry; zigzag, zig-zag
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Also see indirect
Antonym straight → crooked
Similar to akimbo(ip); anfractuous; aquiline, hooked; askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff; contorted, writhed, writhen; deflective, refractive; geniculate; gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed; malposed; reflexed; squiggly; tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous; warped; windblown; wry; zigzag, zig-zag
Derived from adjective crookedly → crooked
Attribute shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
Derivationally related form crookedness → crooked

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