Synonyms for crooked
ˈkrʊk ɪd for 1-4, 6 ; krʊkt for 5crooked

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1. crooked

   Synonyms:
   bent, incurved, angular, deformed, bowed, disfigured, turned, curved, awry, anfractuous, tortuous, underhanded

   Antonyms:
   straight, linear, direct, honest, straightforward

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1. crookedadjective

   having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

   "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

   Synonyms:
   hunched, round-backed, asymmetrical, corrupt, stooped, stooping, round-shouldered

   Antonyms:
   erect, transparent, untwisted, guileless, aboveboard, straightarrow(a), straightforward, unbent, upright, straight, aligned, square, regular, vertical

2. crooked, corruptadjective

   not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

   Synonyms:
   round-backed, stooping, tainted, round-shouldered, corrupt, asymmetrical, corrupted, hunched, stooped

   Antonyms:
   untwisted, upright, erect, guileless, vertical, unbent, straightarrow(a), straight, regular, aboveboard, straightforward, transparent, aligned, square

3. asymmetrical, crookedadjective

   irregular in shape or outline

   "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"

   Synonyms:
   round-backed, stooping, asymmetric, round-shouldered, corrupt, asymmetrical, hunched, stooped

   Antonyms:
   guileless, straightarrow(a), vertical, aligned, transparent, untwisted, square, upright, straightforward, straight, aboveboard, erect, regular, unbent

4. hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crookedadjective

   having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

   "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

   Synonyms:
   round-backed, stooping, round-shouldered, corrupt, asymmetrical, hunched, stooped

   Antonyms:
   straightarrow(a), unbent, square, straight, upright, untwisted, aboveboard, vertical, aligned, guileless, transparent, erect, regular, straightforward

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1. crookedadjective

   Synonyms:
   bent, curved, bowed, winding, not straight

2. crookedadjective

   Synonyms:
   distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured

3. crookedadjective

   Synonyms:
   perverse, froward, dishonest, unfair, dishonorable, knavish, unscrupulous, deceitful, tricky, insidious, crafty, intriguing, diplomatic, machiavelian

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1. crookedadjective

   Synonyms:
   twisted, bent, devious, deformed, tortuous, sinuous, winding, flexuous, curved, curvilinear, spiral, labyrinthial, distorted, awry, askew, wry, dishonest, fraudulent, unscrupulous, knavish

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1. List of paraphrases for "crooked":

   twisted, lodgepole, twisty, bent, askew, screwy, screwed-up, wacko, rotten, hooked, grubby, wrong, tortuous, dishonest, warped, fucked-up

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1. President Trump:

   That should be the end of it, we released a transcript of that call, which was so good that Crooked [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] Adam Schiff had to make up a fake conversation that never happened, and he delivered it to the United States Congress and the American people. It was a total fraud. And then, [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi said, Oh, I think the president said that.These people are sick.

2. Adam Schiff:

   Then, later in August, Stone does something truly remarkable, when he predicts that John Podesta's personal emails will soon be published. 'Trust me, it will soon be Podesta's time in the barrel. #Crooked Hillary,'.

3. Donald Trump:

   I’m not running against Crooked Hillary.

4. Theodore Roosevelt.The President:

   We have a Supreme Court justice, Judge Gorsuch, who will save -- how about a thing called your Second Amendment right -- OK -- remember that ? If crooked Hillary got elected, you would not have a Second Amendment, believe me. You'd be handing in your rifles.

5. Immanuel Kant:

   From timber so crooked as that from which man is carved, nothing entirely straight can be made.