askew
Needs to straighten
Askew is an adverb and adjective that characterizes objects as being angled or not straight: The gate hung askew and dragged on the ground as I opened it. The ladder looked slightly askew and I was afraid it would fall.
People often use askew figuratively, with a meaning is closer to not straightforward and a negative connotation: There is something seriously askew in her account of how the money was returned.
Bent or dishonest
- slantedAngled from vertical
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- angledTurned from perpendicular
- leaningTendency toward something
canted · off-kilter · cockeyed · listing · inclined · sideways · oblique · diagonal
Not at the midpoint
- misalignedNot properly positioned
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- shiftedChanged place or position
- displacedShifted from proper location
offset · out-of-place · disarranged · disarrayed · off-track · maladjusted · uncentered · unsquare
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- oddUnusual or not even
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- cockeyedCrooked or absurd
Untidy in appearance
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- messyLacking order or neatness
- untidyLacking neatness or order
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
unkempt · tousled · mussed · scattered · jumbled · disordered · topsy-turvy · helter-skelter
crooked
Bent or dishonest
leaning · canted · off-kilter · cockeyed · listing · inclined · sideways · oblique · diagonal · tipped
off-center
Not at the midpoint
- misalignedNot properly positioned
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
- shiftedChanged place or position
displaced · offset · out-of-place · disarranged · disarrayed · off-track · maladjusted · uncentered · unsquare
offbeat
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- oddUnusual or not even
- peculiarStrangely unusual
cockeyed · bent · kinky · twisted · off-the-wall · sideways · wry
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
disorderly · unkempt · tousled · mussed · scattered · jumbled · disordered · topsy-turvy · helter-skelter · chaotic
amiss
Wrong or faulty
wayward · out-of-whack · haywire · screwy · off-beam · adrift · derailed · sour
- crookedcrooked, lopsided, off-center, off-kilter, slanted
- distortedwarped, twisted, bent, contorted, crooked
- leaningtilt, slant, angle, list, cant
- Not Straightbent, curve, twist, warp, kink
- misalignmentmisaligned, misalignment, off-center, displaced, crooked
- Oblique thingsslant, tilt, angle, diagonal, slope