" crookedness "

1: the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery;

  * e.g., " ... for sheer crookedness it would be hard to beat the used-car dealer who sold me that lemon "

•  Synonyms : 

•  artifice,

•  cheating,

•  cozenage,

•  craft,

•  craftiness,

•  crookery,

•  cunning,

•  cunningness,

•  deceit,

•  deceitfulness,

•  deception,

•  deceptiveness,

•  dishonesty,

•  dissembling,

•  dissimulation,

•  double-dealing,

•  dupery,

•  duplicity,

•  fakery,

•  foxiness,

•  fraud,

•  guile,

•  guilefulness,

•  wiliness

•  Antonyms : 

•  artlessness,

•  forthrightness,

•  good faith,

•  guilelessness,

•  ingenuousness,

•  sincerity

1: marked by a long series of irregular curves;

  * e.g., " ... a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bending,

•  crazy,

•  curled,

•  curling,

•  curved,

•  curving,

•  curvy,

•  devious,

•  serpentine,

•  sinuous,

•  tortuous,

•  twisted,

•  twisting,

•  winding,

•  windy

•  Antonyms : 

•  straight,

•  straightaway

2: given to or marked by cheating and deception;

  * e.g., " ... the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bent,

•  deceptive,

•  dishonest,

•  double-dealing,

•  duplicitous,

•  fast,

•  fraudulent,

•  guileful,

•  rogue,

•  shady,

•  sharp,

•  shifty,

•  underhand,

•  underhanded

•  Antonyms : 

•  aboveboard,

•  honest,

•  straight

3: inclined or twisted to one side;

  * e.g., " ... the photo on that wall is crooked "

•  Synonyms : 

•  askew,

•  aslant,

•  atilt,

•  awry,

•  cock-a-hoop,

•  cockeyed,

•  crazy,

•  listing,

•  lopsided,

•  oblique,

•  off-kilter,

•  pitched,

•  skewed,

•  slanted,

•  slanting,

•  slantwise,

•  tilted,

•  tipping,

•  uneven

•  Antonyms : 

•  even,

•  level,

•  straight