Something crooked is not straight, like a trail through the woods, or your cousin's unfortunate set of teeth.
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Adjective S.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
Adjective S.
irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline"
Adjective
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Adjective
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
imp. & p. p.
of Crook
a.
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning;
bent; twisted; deformed.
a.
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right.
a.
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
Crooked
he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.2.
They are a perverse and crooked generation.3.
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Usage Examples
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.
Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
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Other Usage ExamplesI had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss contest.
It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.
When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.
Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.
You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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