crooked

[ krook-id krookt ]

adjective

1. not straight; bending; curved:

   a crooked path.

   Synonyms: twisted, spiral, tortuous, flexuous, sinuous, devious, winding

2. askew; awry:

   The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.

3. deformed:

   a man with a crooked back.

   Synonyms: misshapen

4. not straightforward; dishonest.

   Synonyms: fraudulent, deceitful, knavish, unscrupulous

5. bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
6. (of a coin) polygonal:

   a crooked sixpence.

crooked

/ ˈkrʊkɪd /

adjective

1. bent, angled or winding
2. set at an angle; not straight
3. deformed or contorted
4. informal.
   dishonest or illegal
5. crooked on informal.
   hostile or averse to

Derived Forms

• ˈcrookedly, adverb
• ˈcrookedness, noun

Other Words From

• crooked·ly adverb
• crooked·ness noun
• un·crooked adjective
• un·crooked·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of crooked¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English croked; crook ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Trump regularly railed against the special counsel in interviews and online, calling him a "crooked person", a "scoundrel" and other insults.

From BBC

“She’s a crooked person, she’s a bad person. Evil. She’s an evil, sick, crazy b ... ,” Trump said, before appearing to stop himself from finishing the word.

From Los Angeles Times

Undeterred, many simply turn around and renew their northbound journeys, dodging criminals, crooked cops and Mexican immigration agents.

From Los Angeles Times

In his interview with Hewitt, Trump called Smith “a crooked person” and a “scoundrel.”

From Slate

"We're running against something far bigger than Joe or Kamala, and far more powerful than them. It is a massive, vicious, crooked radical-left machine that runs today's Democrat party," he said.

From Salon

Related Words

• curved
• curving
• devious
• errant
• gnarled
• meandering
• serpentine
• sinuous
• twisted
• twisting
• winding