catawampus
Crooked, Southern style
Catawampus means askew, awry, or positioned diagonally—not quite straight or aligned: The picture frame hung catawampus on the wall.
The word is chiefly Southern and Midland American dialect, often used with folksy humor.
Variant spellings include cattywampus and kittywampus.
Something catawampus to another thing sits at an angle to it rather than parallel.
Tilted from true
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- awryCrooked or wrong
- tiltedAngled from vertical
cockeyed · off-kilter · sideways · off-center · aslant · canted · kitty-corner · cattycorner
Crooked or wrong
- topsy-turvyInverted or disordered
- haywireErratically malfunctioning
- out-of-whackNot working properly
- discombobulatedUtterly confused or disoriented
higgledy-piggledy · helter-skelter · jumbled · muddled · scrambled · disorganized · disheveled · messy
askew
Tilted from true
tilted · cockeyed · off-kilter · sideways · off-center · aslant · canted · kitty-corner · cattycorner · wonky
awry
Crooked or wrong
- topsy-turvyInverted or disordered
- haywireErratically malfunctioning
- out-of-whackNot working properly
discombobulated · higgledy-piggledy · helter-skelter · jumbled · muddled · scrambled · disorganized · disheveled · messy · chaotic
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
kooky · unconventional · eccentric · peculiar · weird · outlandish · zany · whimsical · strange · curious