crookedness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crookedness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crookedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crookedness n a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" Synonym(s): tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles Antonym(s): straightness the quality of being deceitful and underhanded Synonym(s): crookedness, deviousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.