Crooked
/kɹʊkt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of crook form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
"We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill."
- 2 Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
"That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?"
- 3 Dishonest or illegal; corrupt. figuratively
"He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals."
- 4 ill-tempered; grumpy; cranky. Newfoundland
"I wouldn't try to talk to him just now, b'y! He's some crooked today!"
Adjective
- 1 having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect wordnet
- 2 irregular in shape or outline wordnet
- 3 having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned wordnet
- 4 not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"My son's front teeth have come in crooked."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From crook, equivalent to crook + -ed.
Etymology 2
From Middle English croked, crokid, past participle of croken (“to crook, bend”). Cognate with Danish kroget (“crooked”). More at crook.