CROOKEDNESS

crookedness, deviousness

(noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

crookedness

(noun) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness

(noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position; “they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs”; “the acrobat performed incredible contortions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crookedness (countable and uncountable, plural crookednesses)

The state of being crooked

Source: Wiktionary


Crook"ed*ness, n.

Definition: The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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