crookedness
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
Types & categories
- distorted shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- contortionist derivation
- wring derivation
- twisting derivation
Sense 2 noun
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- straightness antonym
- crooked derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
Types & categories
- dishonesty hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contortionist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wring |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twisting |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | distorted shape |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | straightness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crooked |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | devious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrupt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shifty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dishonesty |