crooked

English

Etymology 1

From crook, equivalent to crook +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• Verb form: enPR: kro͝okt, IPA: /krʊkt/, X-SAMPA: /krUkt/

Verb

crooked

1. simple past tense and past participle of crook

Etymology 2

From Middle English croked, crokid, past participle of croken (“to crook, bend”). Cognate with Danish kroget (“crooked”). More at crook.

Pronunciation

• Adjective: enPR: kro͝ok'ĭd, IPA: /ˈkrʊkɪd/, X-SAMPA: /"krUkId/

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Adjective

crooked (comparative more crooked, superlative most crooked)

1. Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

   We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.

2. Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

   That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?

3. (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

   He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.

Translations

having one or more bends or angles

• Albanian: shtrembër (sq)
• Aromanian: strãmbu (rup)
• Bulgarian: крив (bg) (kriv), извит (bg) (izvit)
• Catalan: tort (ca), tortuós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彎曲 (cmn), 弯曲 (cmn) (wānqū), 歪 (cmn) (wāi)

• Finnish: käyrä, mutkainen, kiero, väärä, köyry
• French: courbé (fr)
• Friulian: stuart
• German: krumm (de), schief (de), bogenförmig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀγκύλος (ankulos)

• Hebrew: עקום (he) (akúm)
• Hungarian: ferde (hu)
• Irish: cam (ga)

• Italian: storto (it), curvo (it)
• Japanese: 曲がった (ja) (まがった, magatta)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چه‌وت (ku)

• Malay:

  Rumi: lok (ms)

  Jawi: لوق (ms)

• Occitan: corbut (oc)
• Old English: ġēap (ang)
• Portuguese: torto (pt)
• Romanian: strâmb (ro)
• Russian: кривой (ru) (krivój), изогнутый (ru) (izógnutyj), скрюченный (ru) (skrjúčennyj), искривлённый (ru) (iskrivljónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: crom (gd), lùbach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: kriv (sh)
• Spanish: torcido (es) m

set at an angle

• Bulgarian: изкривен (bg) (izkriven)
• Finnish: vino (fi), kiero (fi)
• French: tortu (fr)
• German: schräg (de), schief (de)
• Hebrew: נטוי (he) (natúi)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خوار (ku)

• Portuguese: torto (pt) m
• Russian: искривлённый (ru) (iskrivljónnyj)

figurative: dishonest, illegal

• Bulgarian: нечестен (bg) (nečésten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歪 (cmn) (wāi), 不正當 (cmn), 不正当 (cmn) (bù zhèngdàng)

• Dutch: corrupt (nl)
• Finnish: kiero (fi), kelju (fi)
• French: tortu (fr)
• German: betrügerisch (de), unehrlich (de)

• Hebrew: עקש (he) (ikésh)
• Japanese: 不正 (ja) (ふせい, fusei)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چه‌وت, چه‌وتوچێڵ

• Portuguese: escuso (pt) m
• Russian: нечестный (ru) (nečéstnyj)

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• Jèrriais: teurt