What does CROOKED mean?

Definitions for CROOKED
ˈkrʊk ɪd for 1-4, 6 ; krʊkt for 5crooked

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crookedadjective

    having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

    "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

  2. crooked, corruptadjective

    not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

  3. asymmetrical, crookedadjective

    irregular in shape or outline

    "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"

  4. hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crookedadjective

    having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

    "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Crookedadjective

    Etymology: crocher, French.

    A bell or a cannon may be heard beyond a hill, which intercepts the sight of the sounding body; and sounds are propagated as readily through crooked pipes as through straight ones. Isaac Newton, Opt.

    Mathematicians say of a straight line, that it is as well an index of its own rectitude as of the obliquity of a crooked one. John Woodward, Natural History.

    A man shall never want crooked paths to walk in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, where-ever he has the footsteps of others to follow. John Locke.

    Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge,
    The glow-worm lights his gem. James Thomson, Summer.

    They have corrupted themselves: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Deutr. xxxii. 5.

    Hence, heap of wrath; foul, indigested lump!
    As crooked in thy manners as thy shape. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

    We were not born crooked; we learned those windings and turnings of the serpent. Robert South, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. crooked

    Crooked refers to something that is bent, curved, twisted or not in a straight line. It can also mean dishonest or unlawful, especially when referring to a person's actions or behaviors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crooked

    of Crook

  2. Crookedadjective

    characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed

  3. Crookedadjective

    not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right

  4. Crookedadjective

    false; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROOKED in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROOKED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of CROOKED in a Sentence

  1. Raphael WarnockThe:

    Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers destroyed billions of dollars of household wealth through mortgage fraud, and almost sent the entire American economy over the cliff, george Floyd died, Eric Garner died and not one banker went to jail. Crooked places.

  2. Becky Olsen:

    I just came down, saw that the car next to mine was crooked and thought ‘what kind of jerk parked like that?’.

  3. Immanuel Kant:

    From timber so crooked as that from which man is carved, nothing entirely straight can be made.

  4. Eric Wakker:

    It was filled with conflicts of interest, the IOI case cost us six years and I almost fired myself over the lack of progress in 2013, when I realized... the system was crooked.

  5. Adam Schiff:

    Then, later in August, Stone does something truly remarkable, when he predicts that John Podesta's personal emails will soon be published. 'Trust me, it will soon be Podesta's time in the barrel. #Crooked Hillary,'.

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