crooked 
crooked (kro̵okt; for 2 & 3 kro̵ok′id)
adjective
- having a crook or hook
- not straight; bent; curved; askew
- ☆ not straightforward; dishonest; swindling
crooked
modif.
Not straight
curved, curving, hooked, bent, bending, incurving, devious, winding, bowed, spiral, serpentine, zigzag, twisted, meandering, tortuous, anfractuous, sinuous, askew, awry, lopsided, cockeyed*; see also angular 1, bent, oblique 1.Dishonest
corrupt, nefarious, fraudulent; see dishonest 1, 2.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: On the near side, the seawall makes an elbow crooked inversely, and its end too has a lighthouse.
Modifies a noun
- spire: Famous for the crooked spire of its Parish Church, Chesterfield is also home to one of the largest open-air markets in the country.
- tooth: They were created to adorn the teeth, lest a row of crooked teeth might seem more of a horror than an ornament.
- nose: In the middle of this devil's face is a huge crooked nose.
- policeman: He discovers that a crooked policeman is assisting the criminal.
- finger: The woman's crooked index finger pointed to a spot on Arianne's blouse.
- smile: He knew people with crooked smiles, she was the only person he'd ever known with a crooked frown.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: With a slightly crooked grin he tossed the pouch to its owner.
- so: Dan Patch was born with legs so crooked that he had to be assisted by a trainer to stand or nurse.
- very: It's a very crooked, Zen-like, look at the world.
- all: A. Yes, there's a bath-tub scene where I was sitting in it all crooked for an entire day.
- little: Although it is often a little crooked, this does not usually cause problems.
- always: The trumpet part is fully chromatic and always crooked in either F or E flat.
Used with adjective complement
- hang: A tatty piece of paper hanging crooked in the window says in felt-tip pen ' Close for refurbish ' ( sic ).
- look: An old Puritan says, ' A stick in the water looks crooked.
- remain: We cannot peacefully agree as to her motives, therefore her character must remain crooked to some of us and straight to the others.
- mean: The name Cocker is a fairly common river and stream name of Celtic origin which means crooked.
- go: Your shadow stretches as you get further from a light source, going crooked as it passes over objects ahead of you.
- appear: The classic early symptom of wet AMD is that straight lines appear crooked.
Round and round the circle Completing the charm So the knot be unknotted The cross be uncrossed The crooked be made straight And the curse be ended.
We have seen Good men made evil wrangling with the evil, Straight mindsgrown crooked fighting crooked minds. Our peace betrayed us; we betrayed our peace. Look at it well.This was the good town once.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the L hand double for all her sins. The voice of himthat crieth in the wilderness,Prepare ye the way of the L, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valleyshall be exalted,and everymountainand hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the L shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the L hath spoken it. The voicesaid,Cry. And hesaid,What shall Icry? All flesh isgrass, and all thegoodlinessthereof isastheflowerof the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the L bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Aus so krummen Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden. Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made.
My crooked winding ways, wherein I live.
Angesichts von Hindernissen mag die ku« rzeste Linie zwischen zwei Punkten die krumme sein. When it comes to obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be the crooked one. See Lessing 505:47.
Browse dictionary entries near crooked
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- ‹ cronies
- ‹ crone
- ‹ Cromwell current
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