Crookedness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n.
     The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity
     of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude;
     perverseness.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crookedness
       n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree
            house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
            performed incredible contortions" [syn: {tortuosity}, {tortuousness},
             {torsion}, {contortion}]
       2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or
          angles [ant: {straightness}]
       3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: {deviousness}]