crooked

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• kro͝ok'ĭd
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kɹʊkɪd/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kɹɵkɪd/
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• Australia, New-Zealand: /kɹʊkəd/
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• Wales: /kɾʊkɪd/
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• Scotland: /kɾʉkɪd/
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• Northern-Ireland: /kɻʉkɪd/
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• rhymes with -ʊkɪd
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• kro͝okt
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• Australia, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /kɹʊkt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kɹɵkt/
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• Wales: /kɾʊkt/
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• Scotland: /kɾʉkt/
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• Northern-Ireland: /kɻʉkt/
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• rhymes with -ʊkt
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• CMU ARPABET: K R UH1 K AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English croked, crokid, past participle of croken (“to crook, bend”). Cognate with Danish kroget (“crooked”). More at crook.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrudhur — having one or more bends or angles
• Albanian: shtrembër — having one or more bends or angles
• Albanian: kërth — having one or more bends or angles
• Aromanian: strãmbu — having one or more bends or angles
• Assamese: বেঁকা (bẽka) — having one or more bends or angles
• Azerbaijani: əyri — having one or more bends or angles
• Bashkir: кәкре (kəkre) — having one or more bends or angles
• Belarusian: крывы́ (kryvý) — having one or more bends or angles
• Bulgarian: крив (kriv) — having one or more bends or angles
• Bulgarian: извит (izvit) — having one or more bends or angles
• Catalan: tort — having one or more bends or angles
• Catalan: tortuós — having one or more bends or angles
• Chechen: гома (goma) — having one or more bends or angles
• Chinese Mandarin: 彎曲 /弯曲 (wānqū) — having one or more bends or angles
• Chinese Mandarin: 歪 (wāi) — having one or more bends or angles
• Czech: zkroucený — having one or more bends or angles
• Czech: křivý — having one or more bends or angles
• Czech: zdeformovaný — having one or more bends or angles
• Dutch: krom — having one or more bends or angles
• Dutch: scheef — having one or more bends or angles
• Dutch: gebogen — having one or more bends or angles
• Finnish: käyrä — having one or more bends or angles
• Finnish: mutkainen — having one or more bends or angles
• Finnish: kiero — having one or more bends or angles
• Finnish: väärä — having one or more bends or angles
• Finnish: köyry — having one or more bends or angles
• French: courbé — having one or more bends or angles
• French: tortueux — having one or more bends or angles
• Friulian: stuart — having one or more bends or angles
• German: krumm — having one or more bends or angles
• German: schief — having one or more bends or angles
• German: bogenförmig — having one or more bends or angles
• German: de — having one or more bends or angles
• Ancient Greek: ἀγκύλος (ankúlos) — having one or more bends or angles
• Ancient Greek: καμψός (kampsós) — having one or more bends or angles
• Ancient Greek: καμπύλος (kampúlos) — having one or more bends or angles
• Ancient Greek: σκαμβός (skambós) — having one or more bends or angles
• Hawaiian: piʻopiʻo — having one or more bends or angles
• Hebrew: עקום (akúm) — having one or more bends or angles
• Hungarian: görbe — having one or more bends or angles
• Indonesian: bengkok — having one or more bends or angles
• Ingush: гоама (goama) — having one or more bends or angles
• Irish: cam — having one or more bends or angles
• Italian: storto — having one or more bends or angles
• Italian: curvo — having one or more bends or angles
• Italian: contorto — having one or more bends or angles
• Italian: ritorto — having one or more bends or angles
• Italian: tortuoso — having one or more bends or angles
• Japanese: 曲がった (magatta) — having one or more bends or angles
• Javanese: bengkong — having one or more bends or angles
• Central Kurdish: چەوت (çewt) — having one or more bends or angles
• Latin: camur — having one or more bends or angles
• Latin: prāvus — having one or more bends or angles
• Latin: tortus — having one or more bends or angles
• Malay: لوق — having one or more bends or angles
• Malay: bengkok — having one or more bends or angles
• Malay: membengkok-bengkok — having one or more bends or angles
• Malay: lok — having one or more bends or angles
• Māori: piko — having one or more bends or angles
• Māori: pikopiko — having one or more bends or angles
• Nanai: мокчо (mokčo) — having one or more bends or angles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krokete — having one or more bends or angles
• Occitan: corbut — having one or more bends or angles
• Old English: ġēap — having one or more bends or angles
• Ossetian: къӕдз (k’æʒ) — having one or more bends or angles
• Persian: کج — having one or more bends or angles
• Plautdietsch: kromm — having one or more bends or angles
• Polish: krzywy — having one or more bends or angles
• Portuguese: torto — having one or more bends or angles
• Romanian: strâmb — having one or more bends or angles
• Russian: криво́й (krivój) — having one or more bends or angles
• Russian: изо́гнутый (izógnutyj) — having one or more bends or angles
• Russian: скрю́ченный (skrjúčennyj) — having one or more bends or angles
• Russian: искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj) — having one or more bends or angles
• Samoan: piʻo — having one or more bends or angles
• Samoan: piʻopiʻo — having one or more bends or angles
• Sanskrit: भुग्न (bhugna) — having one or more bends or angles
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — having one or more bends or angles
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — having one or more bends or angles
• Serbo-Croatian: kriv — having one or more bends or angles
• Sikkimese: ཀུག (kug) — having one or more bends or angles
• Slovak: krivý — having one or more bends or angles
• Lower Sorbian: kśiwy — having one or more bends or angles
• Sundanese: anggaresol — having one or more bends or angles
• Swahili: kombo — having one or more bends or angles
• Swedish: krökt — having one or more bends or angles
• Swedish: krokig — having one or more bends or angles
• Swedish: krum — having one or more bends or angles
• Tajik: каҷ (kaj) — having one or more bends or angles
• Tausug: bingkuk — having one or more bends or angles
• Thai: คด (kót) — having one or more bends or angles
• Tongan: piko — having one or more bends or angles
• Tongan: pikopiko — having one or more bends or angles
• Turkish: eğri — having one or more bends or angles
• Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — having one or more bends or angles
• Ukrainian: криви́й (kryvýj) — having one or more bends or angles
• Unami: òkche — having one or more bends or angles
• Unami: òkchësi — having one or more bends or angles
• Albanian: shtrembër — set at an angle
• Bulgarian: изкривен (izkriven) — set at an angle
• Chinese Cantonese: 歪 (me2) — set at an angle
• Finnish: vino — set at an angle
• Finnish: kiero — set at an angle
• French: tordu — set at an angle
• German: schräg — set at an angle
• German: schief — set at an angle
• Hebrew: נטוי (natúy) — set at an angle
• Italian: torto — set at an angle
• Central Kurdish: خوار (xwar) — set at an angle
• Persian: کج (kaj) — set at an angle
• Polish: krzywy — set at an angle
• Portuguese: torto — set at an angle
• Russian: искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj) — set at an angle
• Spanish: torcido — set at an angle
• Spanish: chueco — set at an angle
• Spanish: lunanco — set at an angle
• Spanish: maltrecho — set at an angle
• Spanish: malparado — set at an angle
• Swahili: kombo — set at an angle
• Swedish: sned — set at an angle
• Swedish: skev — set at an angle
• Ukrainian: ви́кривлений (výkryvlenyj) — set at an angle
• Bulgarian: нече́стен (nečésten) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Catalan: ímprobe — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Catalan: deshonest — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Chinese Mandarin: 歪 (wāi) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Chinese Mandarin: 不正當 /不正当 (bù zhèngdàng) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Czech: pokřivený — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Czech: zdeformovaný — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Czech: nečestný — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Dutch: corrupt — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Finnish: kiero — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Finnish: kelju — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• French: tordu — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• French: improbe — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• French: malhonnête — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• German: betrügerisch — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• German: unehrlich — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• German: krumm — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• German: link — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Hebrew: עקש (ikésh) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Italian: contorto — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Japanese: 不正 (fusei) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Central Kurdish: چەوت (çewt) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Central Kurdish: چەوتوچێڵ (çewtuçêll) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Portuguese: desonesto — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Russian: нече́стный (nečéstnyj) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Spanish: ímprobo — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Swedish: ohederlig — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Swedish: skurkaktig — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Thai: คด (kót) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Ukrainian: протизако́нний (protyzakónnyj) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Ukrainian: незако́нний (nezakónnyj) — figurative: dishonest, illegal
• Ukrainian: шахра́йський (šaxrájsʹkyj) — figurative: dishonest, illegal