crooked

English

Etymology 1

From crook, equivalent to crook +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• Verb form: enPR: kro͝okt, IPA: /krʊkt/, 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/, 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.

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

Translations

having one or more bends or angles

Albanian: shtrembër (sq) Bulgarian: крив (bg), извит (bg) Croatian: kriv (hr) Finnish: käyrä, mutkainen, kiero, väärä, köyry French: courbé (fr) German: krumm (de), schief (de), bogenförmig (de) Greek: Ancient: ἀγκύλος (ankulos)

Hebrew: עקום (he) (akúm) Hungarian: ferde (hu) Irish: cam (ga) Kurdish: چه‌وت (ku) Old English: ġēap (ang) Portuguese: torto (pt) Romanian: strâmb (ro) Scottish Gaelic: crom (gd), lùbach (gd)

set at an angle

Bulgarian: изкривен (bg) Finnish: vino (fi), kiero (fi) German: schräg (de), schief (de) Hebrew: נטוי (he) (natúi)

Kurdish: خوار (ku) Portuguese: torto (pt) m.

figurative: dishonest, illegal

Bulgarian: нечестен (bg) Dutch: corrupt (nl) Finnish: kiero (fi), kelju (fi)

German: betrügerisch (de), unehrlich (de) Hebrew: עקש (he) (ikésh) Kurdish: چه‌وت, چه‌وتوچێڵ Portuguese: escuso (pt) m.