Associations to the word «Crookedness»

Wiktionary

CROOKEDNESS, noun. The state of being crooked

Dictionary definition

CROOKEDNESS, noun. A tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions".
CROOKEDNESS, noun. Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles.
CROOKEDNESS, noun. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats