Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crookedness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n.
The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity
of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude;
perverseness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crookedness
n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree
house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
performed incredible contortions" [syn: {tortuosity}, {tortuousness},
{torsion}, {contortion}]
2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or
angles [ant: {straightness}]
3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: {deviousness}]
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