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单词 crookedness
释义

crookedness


crook·ed

C0758800 (kro͝ok′ĭd)adj.1. Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles.2. At an irregular or improper angle; askew: Your necktie is crooked.3. Informal Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent.
crook′ed·ly adv.crook′ed·ness n.
Thesaurus
Noun1.crookedness - a tortuous and twisted shape or positioncrookedness - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, contortiondistorted shape, distortion - a shape resulting from distortion
2.crookedness - having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or anglesshape, configuration, conformation, contour, form - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"straightness - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
3.crookedness - the quality of being deceitful and underhandeddeviousnessdishonesty - the quality of being dishonest

crookedness

noun1. Lack of smoothness or regularity:asymmetry, inequality, irregularity, jaggedness, roughness, unevenness.2. Informal. Departure from what is legally, ethically, and morally correct:corruption, corruptness, dishonesty, improbity.
Translations
弯曲

crook

(kruk) noun1. a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end. (牧羊人或主教用的)彎柄杖 (牧羊人或主教用的)弯柄杖 2. a criminal. The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels. 歹徒 窃贼3. the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow). She held the puppy in the crook of her arm. 手肘內側 手肘内侧部位 verb to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook. She crooked her finger to beckon him. 彎成鉤狀(尤指手指) 弯成钩形(尤指弯起手指) ˈcrooked (-kid) adjective1. badly shaped. a crooked little man. 痀僂的 畸形的2. not straight. That picture is crooked (= not horizontal). 不正的 不正的3. dishonest. a crooked dealer. 欺詐的 欺诈的ˈcrookedly (-kid-) adverb 痀僂地,彎曲地 弯曲地ˈcrookedness (-kid-) noun 痀僂,彎曲 弯曲
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crookedness


  • noun

Synonyms for crookedness

noun lack of smoothness or regularity

Synonyms

  • asymmetry
  • inequality
  • irregularity
  • jaggedness
  • roughness
  • unevenness

noun departure from what is legally, ethically, and morally correct

Synonyms

  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • dishonesty
  • improbity

Synonyms for crookedness

noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position

Synonyms

  • torsion
  • tortuosity
  • tortuousness
  • contortion

Related Words

  • distorted shape
  • distortion

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

Related Words

  • shape
  • configuration
  • conformation
  • contour
  • form

Antonyms

  • straightness

noun the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

Synonyms

  • deviousness

Related Words

  • dishonesty
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