Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crookedness
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ʊkədnəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crookedness, deviousness
    Meaning: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
  • Synonyms: crookedness
    Meaning: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
  • Synonyms: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness
    Meaning: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
Usage examples
  • The only objection I have to the prize ring is the crookedness that has attended its commercial development.