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crookedness

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: crookedness

1
n
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
2
n
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: crookedness
1

n having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

Antonyms:
straightness
freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
Type of:
configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

n a tortuous and twisted shape or position

Synonyms:
contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness
Type of:
distorted shape, distortion
a shape resulting from distortion
2

n the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

Synonyms:
deviousness
Type of:
dishonesty
the quality of being dishonest
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