| crooked | | |
| adj. | 1. crooked | having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
| ~ indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination.; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
| ~ akimbo | (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body.; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo" |
| ~ anfractuous | full of twists and turns.; "anfractuous cliffs" |
| ~ aquiline, hooked | curved down like an eagle's beak. |
| ~ askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, wonky, lopsided | turned or twisted toward one side.; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" |
| ~ contorted, writhed, writhen | twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).; "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features" |
| ~ deflective, refractive | capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave). |
| ~ geniculate | bent at a sharp angle. |
| ~ gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knotty | used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" |
| ~ malposed | characterized by malposition.; "crooked malposed teeth" |
| ~ reflexed | (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees. |
| ~ squiggly | wavy and twisting. |
| ~ twisting, twisty, winding, tortuous, voluminous | marked by repeated turns and bends.; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" |
| ~ warped | used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture.; "the floors were warped and cracked" |
| ~ windblown | used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds. |
| ~ wry | bent to one side.; "a wry neck" |
| ~ zig-zag, zigzag | having short sharp turns or angles. |
| ~ coiled | curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).; "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck" |
| adj. | 2. corrupt, crooked | not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. |
| ~ dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. |
| ~ unlawful | contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law.; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" |
| ~ sneaky, underhanded, underhand | marked by deception.; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" |
| adj. | 3. asymmetrical, crooked | irregular in shape or outline.; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline" |
| ~ irregular | contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice.; "irregular hiring practices" |
| adj. | 4. crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping | having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| bent | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (plant) | 2. bent, bent grass, bent-grass | grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens. |
| ~ grass | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
| ~ agrostis, genus agrostis | annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland). |
| ~ agrostis canina, brown bent, dog bent, rhode island bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass | common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves. |
| ~ agrostis nebulosa, cloud grass | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets. |
| ~ agrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass | common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners. |
| n. (location) | 3. bent | an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. |
| ~ grassland | land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. bent, hang, knack | a special way of doing something.; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" |
| ~ endowment, natural endowment, talent, gift | natural abilities or qualities. |
| adj. | 5. bent, bent on, dead set, out to | fixed in your purpose.; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" |
| ~ resolute | firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination.; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" |
| adj. | 6. bended, bent | used of the back and knees; stooped.; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| adj. | 7. bent, crumpled, dented | of metal e.g..; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" |
| ~ damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled.; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
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