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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