noun
Meaning 1
The state of being crooked
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crookedness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deviousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dishonesty
noun
Meaning 3
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: straightness
Broader terms: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
noun
Meaning 4
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distorted shape, distortion
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English crooked Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crookedness From crooked + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: زَوَر (zawar) — state of being crooked
- Arabic: عِوَج (ʕiwaj) — state of being crooked
- Arabic: عوج (ʕawj) — state of being crooked
- Arabic: عووجية (ʕwūjiyya) — state of being crooked
- Aramaic: ܙܠܡܐ — state of being crooked
- Old Armenian: խոտորումն (xotorumn) — state of being crooked
- Aromanian: strãmbãturã — state of being crooked
- Burmese: အကောက် (a.kauk) — state of being crooked
- Finnish: kierous — state of being crooked
- Finnish: käyryys — state of being crooked
- Finnish: kieroutuneisuus — state of being crooked
- Finnish: keljuus — state of being crooked
- Finnish: karsaus — state of being crooked
- Georgian: სიმრუდე (simrude) — state of being crooked
- Old High German: krumpī — state of being crooked
- Hindi: नति (nati) — state of being crooked
- Hindi: टेढ़ापन (ṭeṛhāpan) — state of being crooked
- Hindi: ख़म (xam) — state of being crooked
- Irish: caimiléireacht — state of being crooked
- Italian: tortezza — state of being crooked
- Italian: stortura — state of being crooked
- Italian: tortuosità — state of being crooked
- Kazakh: қисықтық (qisyqtyq) — state of being crooked
- Northern Kurdish: çewtî — state of being crooked
- Latin: prāvitās — state of being crooked
- Macedonian: искривеност (iskrivenost) — state of being crooked
- Malayalam: കോട്ടം (kōṭṭaṁ) — state of being crooked
- Maltese: għawġ — state of being crooked
- Manx: cammid — state of being crooked
- Manx: neuyeerid — state of being crooked
- Manx: camlaagid — state of being crooked
- Manx: camlaagys — state of being crooked
- Middle English: wrengðe — state of being crooked
- Norwegian Bokmål: skjevhet — state of being crooked
- Norwegian Bokmål: skeivhet — state of being crooked
- Old English: wōhnes — state of being crooked
- Old Norse: bjúgleikr — state of being crooked
- Pashto: پېچ (pech) — state of being crooked
- Portuguese: tortuosidade — state of being crooked
- Romanian: strâmbare — state of being crooked
- Romanian: gheboșare — state of being crooked
- Russian: кривизна́ (krivizná) — state of being crooked
- Sanskrit: नति (nati) — state of being crooked
- Spanish: tramposería — state of being crooked
- Tamil: கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam) — state of being crooked
- Tamil: வளைவு (vaḷaivu) — state of being crooked
- Tamil: கொடுமை (koṭumai) — state of being crooked
- Telugu: వక్రత్వము (vakratvamu) — state of being crooked
- Telugu: వంకరతనము (vaṅkaratanamu) — state of being crooked
- Telugu: వంక (vaṅka) — state of being crooked
- Telugu: వంకర (vaṅkara) — state of being crooked
- Telugu: టొంకు (ṭoṅku) — state of being crooked