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crooked

/krook-id for 1-4, 6; krookt for 5/US // ˈkrʊk ɪd for 1-4, 6; krʊkt for 5 //UK // (ˈkrʊkɪd) //

弯曲的,歪歪扭扭,歪曲,歪曲的

Related Words

curving弯曲的,弯弯曲曲,弯曲,曲线meandering蜿蜒曲折,弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,蜿蜒曲折的twisted扭曲的,扭曲,扭曲变形,纠结sinuous蜿蜒曲折的,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒的,蜿蜒winding缠绕,绕组,蜿蜒曲折,缠绕的gnarled参差不齐的,虬髯客,参天的树枝,参天的devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的errant飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,误入歧途,错乱的serpentine蛇形结构,蛇形,蛇形线,蛇形的unscrupulous不良,不良的,不良行为,不择手段deceitful奸诈的,狡猾的,狡诈的,奸诈shady阴暗,阴暗面,阴暗的,阴面dishonest不诚实的,不诚实,不忠实的,不诚信的fraudulent欺诈性的,欺诈性,欺诈,诈骗bowed鞠躬,鞠躬致敬,鞠躬致谢,鞠鞠躬rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的deformed畸形的,变形的,不成形的,不成样子的deviating偏离的,偏差的,偏离,偏差distorted扭曲的,歪曲的,失真,歪曲hooked上钩的,上钩,上钩了,钩住的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
    • : askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.
    • : deformed: a man with a crooked back.
    • : not straightforward; dishonest.
    • : bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
    • : polygonal: a crooked sixpence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.bent, angled
Synonyms
curved弯曲的,弯弯曲曲的,弧形,弧形的curving弯曲的,弯弯曲曲,弯曲,曲线devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的errant飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,误入歧途,错乱的gnarled参差不齐的,虬髯客,参天的树枝,参天的meandering蜿蜒曲折,弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,蜿蜒曲折的serpentine蛇形结构,蛇形,蛇形线,蛇形的sinuous蜿蜒曲折的,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒的,蜿蜒twisted扭曲的,扭曲,扭曲变形,纠结twisting缠绕,扭曲,缠绕的,捻线winding缠绕,绕组,蜿蜒曲折,缠绕的bowed鞠躬,鞠躬致敬,鞠躬致谢,鞠鞠躬contorted扭曲的,旋转的,扭曲变形,扭曲变形的crippled瘸腿的,跛脚的,残缺的,跛脚deformed畸形的,变形的,不成形的,不成样子的deviating偏离的,偏差的,偏离,偏差disfigured毁容的,毁容,损毁的,毁损的distorted扭曲的,歪曲的,失真,歪曲hooked上钩的,上钩,上钩了,钩住的rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的skewed倾斜的,歪斜的,有偏差的,倾斜式的slanted倾斜的,斜的,斜着的,斜面的spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状tilted倾斜的,倾斜,倾斜式,倾斜度warped弯曲的,扭曲的,翘曲的,变形的zigzag之字形,之字型,之字形的,人字形agee龄,龄的,龄人,龄的人anfractuous不切实际,不切实际的,脆弱的,轻率angular角度,棱角分明,角度的,成角度的asymmetric不对称,不对称的,非对称性,不对称性awry糟糕,糟糕的,糟糕的是,拙劣的catawampus斤斤计较,斤斤计较的人,斤斤計較,斤斤学语circuitous迂回的,迂回,迂回曲折,迂腐的cockeyed狂妄的,狂妄自大,狂妄自大的,狂妄的人incurving不停前进,不停涌现,不停涌现的,不停前进的indirect间接,间接的,间线,间断的irregular不规范,不规则,不正规,不规则的kinky淫荡的,怪异,淫乱的,淫荡knurly滚花的,滚花,滚花型,滚花型的lopsided一面倒的,一边倒的,一面倒,一边倒misshapen畸形的,畸形,错位,错位的not straight不直,不直截了当,不是直的,不直的oblique偏斜,偏斜的,倾斜的,歪歪斜斜out of shape走形了,走形,走样了,走形的roundabout迂回曲折,迂回,迂回式,绕行screwy螺丝钉,扭曲的,螺丝钉式的,螺钉状snaky鬼鬼祟祟的,狡猾的,诡异的,鬼鬼祟祟topsy-turvy颠覆性的,颠覆性的变化,颠覆性,颠三倒四tortile壁虎,梃杆,梃杆式,托架tortuous曲折的,迂回的,迂回曲折,弯弯曲曲的uneven不平坦的,不平坦,参差不齐,参差不齐的
adj.evil, corrupt
Synonyms
deceitful奸诈的,狡猾的,狡诈的,奸诈devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的dishonest不诚实的,不诚实,不忠实的,不诚信的fraudulent欺诈性的,欺诈性,欺诈,诈骗shady阴暗,阴暗面,阴暗的,阴面unscrupulous不良,不良的,不良行为,不择手段lying撒谎,谎言,谎话连篇,谎话crafty狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡黠的criminal刑事,犯罪,刑事案件,刑事犯罪dishonorable不光彩的,不体面的,不名誉的,不体面double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的illegal非法,非法的,违法,违法的indirect间接,间接的,间线,间断的iniquitous不正当的,不义的,不义之财,不义nefarious邪恶的,恶毒的,邪恶,恶毒questionable有问题的,有问题,值得怀疑的,有疑问的ruthless残酷无情,残酷无情的,残酷的,严酷的shifty变幻莫测,晃晃悠悠,阴阳怪气,变幻莫测的treacherous奸诈的,诡诈的,诡谲的,阴险的underhand低头族,劣势,劣质的,劣势地位unlawful不合法的,不法的,不合法,非法的unprincipled无原则,无原则的,无原则性,无原则性的untruthful虚情假意,不真实的,不真实,不诚实的

Examples

  • Our world would wobble more, our horizons would be crooked, and our shortest paths would be harder to find.

  • It didn’t look crooked or out of place, so I went ahead with my trip and my hiking.

  • He cited “the crooked Democratic machine,” which has been in decline for years.

  • In a town full of Bernini masterpieces, the modest jack-o-lanterns I sculpt—their crooked smiles and woefully off-center eyes—are hailed as true wonders.

  • I turned around and he grinned at me, his teeth as crooked as mine.

  • He and the others in the Circle of Trust want crooked judges ditched and the notoriously corrupt police reformed.

  • And there was an underlying compassion for each character, no matter how crooked or misguided or totally bananas.

  • Smiling on the red carpet, Gaga showed off a set of oversized rotten dentures, featuring "metallic gums and crooked teeth."

  • The economy melts down because of something a bunch of crooked bankers do.

  • A person, Kant tells us, is crooked timber from which no straight thing can be made.

  • They come to a halt suddenly, before a little huddling figure, with its face hidden in its arms, crouched beside a crooked rail.

  • She wore an old poke bonnet and carried a crooked stick, and there seemed to be a hump upon her back.

  • Amy, who was strong and quick, reached over the gunwale of the canoe and seized upon the crooked figure.

  • Sometimes they would clamp a crooked stick between a grooved piece of sandstone and a flat bone.

  • It may be a mere dialectal form of 'crooked,' or it may be miswritten for kroked, the usual old spelling.

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