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crookedadjective marked by a long series of irregular curvesa long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth bending, crazy, curled, curling, curved, curving, curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, winding, windy zigzag, zigzaggingcircling, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, looping, spiral, spiraling(or spiralling), swirlingcircuitous, indirect, roundaboutmeandering, rambling, wanderingirregular, jagged, uneven straight, straightaway direct, linear given to or marked by cheating and deceptionthe common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses bent(chiefly British), deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, shifty, underhand, underhanded unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulousdeceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, falseartful, beguiling, cagey(also cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wilydefrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, trickyinsidious, perfidious, treacherous aboveboard, honest, straight conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, uprightforthright, straightforward inclined or twisted to one sidethe photo on that wall is crooked askew, aslant, atilt, awry, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crazy, listing, lopsided, oblique, off-kilter, pitched, skewed, slanted, slanting, slantwise, tilted, tipping, uneven asymmetrical(or asymmetric), unbalanced, unsymmetricalcontorted, disordered, distorted, irregular out of plumb(or off plumb) even, level, straight ordered, orderly, regular, uniformbalanced, symmetrical(or symmetric) marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of valuea crooked scheme to bill the government for medical services never performed deceitful, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false, fraudulent beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, speciousspurious aboveboard, honest, truthful legitimate, true, valid crookedverbpast tense of crookto cause to turn away from a straight linecrooked a finger arched, bent, bowed, curved, hooked, swerved arced, roundedincurvated, incurved, inflected, reflecteddeflected, divertedentwined, kinked, swirled, turned, twined, twisted, veered, warpedcoiled, curled, enrolled, looped, spiraled(or spiralled)dented, dimpledmeandered, waved, weaved, wound(also winded)declined, inclined, sloped straightened, unbent, uncurled to turn away from a straight line or coursethe road suddenly crooked to the left arced, arched, bent, bowed, curved, fell off, hooked, rounded, swept, swerved, trended, wheeled circled, coiled, curled, curlicued, looped, spiraled(or spiralled)turned, twisted, wound(also winded)deviated, veered straightened in the 13th century |