crookedness
State of bending
Crookedness is the quality of being bent, curved, or not straight: the crookedness of the old oak's branches.
It extends to moral deviation—dishonesty, corruption, or lack of integrity: The investigation exposed the crookedness of city officials.
A crooked path and a crooked politician share the sense of departure from a straight line.
Curved; also dishonest
- twistedWound around itself
- warpedBent out of true
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- bowedCurved or bent over
kinked · hooked · gnarled · contorted · angled · zigzag · winding · meandering
Deliberate misleading of others
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
trickery · underhandedness · chicanery · swindling · cheating · scamming · lying · misrepresentation
Absence of balanced form
- unevennessLack of uniformity
- lopsidednessState of being uneven
- skewnessDistribution asymmetry measure
- nonuniformityLack of consistency throughout
jaggedness · waviness · deviation · aberration · disproportion · off-kilter · askew · awry
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- extortionObtaining through threats
nepotism · cronyism · racketeering · influence peddling · money laundering · misappropriation · profiteering · venality
Improperly structured or shaped
- misshapenAbnormally or poorly formed
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- disfiguredSpoiled in appearance
- scoliosisLateral vertebral deviation
clubfoot · cleft · abnormality · disproportion · curvature · hunchback · spine · posture
bent
Curved; also dishonest
bowed · kinked · hooked · gnarled · contorted · angled · zigzag · winding · meandering · serpentine
deceit
Deliberate misleading of others
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
guile · trickery · underhandedness · chicanery · swindling · cheating · scamming · lying · misrepresentation · shadiness
asymmetry
Absence of balanced form
- unevennessLack of uniformity
- lopsidednessState of being uneven
- skewnessDistribution asymmetry measure
nonuniformity · jaggedness · waviness · deviation · aberration · disproportion · off-kilter · askew · awry · uneven
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
extortion · nepotism · cronyism · racketeering · influence peddling · money laundering · misappropriation · profiteering · venality · malfeasance
malformed
Improperly structured or shaped
- misshapenAbnormally or poorly formed
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- disfiguredSpoiled in appearance
scoliosis · clubfoot · cleft · abnormality · disproportion · curvature · hunchback · spine · posture · skeletal
- dishonestydishonesty, deceit, duplicity, lying, mendacity
- imbalanceimbalance, disequilibrium, disproportion, asymmetry, lopsidedness
- misalignmentmisaligned, misalignment, off-center, displaced, off-kilter
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- tooth problemscavity, cavities, caries, tooth decay, crack
crookednessstraightness
Absence of curvature
linearity · alignment · evenness · regularity · uniformity
crookednesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
integrity · uprightness · probity · rectitude · incorruptibility
crookednessforthrightness
Quality of being direct
candor · directness · frankness · candidness · sincerity