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Crooked

//kɹʊkt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

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

  2. 2
    Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

    "That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?"

  3. 3
    Dishonest or illegal; corrupt. figuratively

    "He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals."

  4. 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. 1
    having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect wordnet
  2. 2
    irregular in shape or outline wordnet
  3. 3
    having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned wordnet
  4. 4
    not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of crook form-of, participle, past

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.

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