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Definition of Crookedness
1. Noun. A tortuous and twisted shape or position. "The acrobat performed incredible contortions"
Generic synonyms: Distorted Shape, Distortion
Derivative terms: Contort, Contortionist, Tortuous, Tortuous
2. Noun. Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles.
Derivative terms: Crooked
Antonyms: Straightness
3. Noun. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.
Definition of Crookedness
1. n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.
Definition of Crookedness
1. Noun. The state of being crooked ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crookedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crookedness
Literary usage of Crookedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"ACCORDING to this verse, crookedness is not the same as wickedness, but it comes
to the same end. " As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, ..."
2. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"above Sd towns we Run ten miles on a west norwest point without any allowance
for crookedness of way and ran to ..."
3. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"... perversity of all who are old enough to form contradictory judgments and
determinations, and to adhere to them out of a settled crookedness of heart. ..."
4. Review of Theology & Philosophy edited by Allan Menzies (1906)
"It is interesting to note the change of ideas as between the original and the
translation ; how, for example, the " deceit" and " crookedness " of the one ..."
5. A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of st. Peter by Robert Leighton (1849)
"... of prayer makes it go up as a straight pillar, no crookedness in it, tending
straight towards heaven, and bowing to no side by the way. ..."
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