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crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
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straight in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
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coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
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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"
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configuration,
conformation,
contour,
form,
shape an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
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akimbo
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anfractuous full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"
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aquiline,
hooked curved down like an eagle's beak
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askew,
awry,
cockeyed,
lopsided,
skew-whiff,
wonky turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
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contorted,
writhed,
writhen twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
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deflective,
refractive capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
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geniculate bent at a sharp angle
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gnarled,
gnarly,
knobbed,
knotted,
knotty used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
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malposed characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth"
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reflexed (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees
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squiggly wavy and twisting
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tortuous,
twisting,
twisty,
voluminous,
winding not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
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warped used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"
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windblown used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds
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wry bent to one side; "a wry neck"
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zig-zag,
zigzag having short sharp turns or angles
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crooked - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive |
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corrupt |
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square,
straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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dishonest,
dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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unlawful contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"
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honestness,
honesty the quality of being honest
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sneaky,
underhand,
underhanded marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
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