English noun: crookedness | |||
1. | crookedness (shape) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | ||
Samples | They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs. The acrobat performed incredible contortions. | ||
Synonyms | contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distorted shape, distortion | ||
2. | crookedness (attribute) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles | ||
Broader (hypernym) | configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | ||
Antonyms | straightness | ||
3. | crookedness (attribute) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | ||
Synonyms | deviousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dishonesty | ||