crooked

Pronunciation

adjective

• enPR: kro͝ok'ĭd, IPA ^(key): /ˈkrʊkɪd/
• SAMPA: /"krUkId/

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verb

• enPR: kro͝okt, IPA ^(key): /krʊkt/
• SAMPA: /krUkt/

Adjective

Positive crooked

Comparative more crooked

Superlative most crooked

1. If something is crooked, it is not straight; it has many bends or angles.

   We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.

2. If something is standing or set up crooked, it is set up at an angle.

   That picture is crooked. Could you straighten it for me?

3. (figuratively) If someone or something is crooked, they are not honest or it is not allowed by law; they are dishonest; it is illegal.

   He was trying to make another crooked deal.

Antonyms

• (not striaght): straight

Related words

• crookedness
• crookedly

Verb

Plain form crook

Third-person singular crooks

Past tense crooked

Past participle crooked

Present participle crooking

1. The past tense and past participle of crook.