crooked Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bend or cause to bend
    crook; curve.
    • He crooked his index finger
    • the road curved sharply
  2. adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
    • crooked country roads
    • crooked teeth
  3. adjective not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
    corrupt.
  4. adjective satellite irregular in shape or outline
    asymmetrical.
    • asymmetrical features
    • a dress with a crooked hemline
  5. adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
    stooping; hunched; stooped; round-shouldered; round-backed.
    • a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

WordNet

Crook"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." Locke.
    he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. Shak.
  2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
    They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deut. xxxii. 5.
  3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. Barlett.

Webster 1913