crookeder

Even less straight

Crookeder is a nonstandard comparative form of crooked, used in place of the more conventional "more crooked." While grammar guides typically prescribe "more crooked" for two-syllable adjectives ending in -ed, crookeder appears in informal speech and dialectal use when emphasizing that something is even more bent, twisted, or dishonest than something else.

That fence post is even crookeder than the last one.

twisted

contorted

Twisted unnaturally

coiled · spiral · tangled · misshapen · deformed · convoluted · snaked · entwined · looped · whorled

dishonest

swindler

Person who deceives for money

deceiver · charlatan · impostor · grifter · conman · schemer · trickster · shady · unscrupulous · duplicitous

corrupt

bribery

Corrupt payment for influence

nepotism · extortion · graft · racketeering · collusion · profiteering · insider trading · cronyism · backroom deals · influence peddling

bent

curve

Smooth, angleless line

  • angleGeometric measure of rotation
  • hookCurved catching device
  • bowRespectful forward inclination

arc · elbow · crescent · camber · flexure · curvature · arch · warp · sweep · concave

Opposites
physical shape/alignment

crookederstraighter

Less crooked in comparison

truer · cleaner

physical shape/linearity

crookederstraighter

Less crooked in comparison

flatter · smoother

Phrases
Family

crooked, crookedness, crookedest, uncrooked

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