crooked synonyms

crooked

modif.

  1. 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.

    Antonyms unbent, straight*, direct. *

  2. Dishonest

    corrupt, nefarious, fraudulent; see dishonest 1, 2.

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