crooked

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb bend or cause to bend
  2. adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
  3. adjective not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

Etymology

From crook, equivalent to crook + -ed.

In classic literature

Synonyms

crook, curve

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