crookedness
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈkrʊkɪdnəs/
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curvatura
- In a crooked system, increasingly less crookedness gets notice because safeguards fail, as we've seen here, and civic engagement falters when people don't think their input, attention, or interest is respected.
Examples
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Unless the house is in major disrepair, the crookedness will not be a structural issue.
Blog text (11) -
And do you think it could become a new wonder that would attract millions of people to it if its crookedness does not outdo the crookedness of the Tower of Pisa?
Fiction book (1994) -
And interestingly, it was around this time that tooth crookedness appears to have become more common.
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She couldn't bear the sight of my crookedness.
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This degree of crookedness... plus the groove in this central incisor... makes his bite signature unique.
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She studied the crookedness of his mouth, his small ears, his livid cheeks, and his long, narrow fingernails.
Fiction book (1996) -
He dressed with great care, not to hide his crookedness—that was out of the question—but to make it irrelevant, to establish that he was the author of himself and not the mere effect of his scoliosis.
Fiction book (1990) -
The crookedness of the tree's trunk made it difficult to climb.
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Her sketch captured the crookedness of the building's walls perfectly.
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The display featured various sculptures that showcased the crookedness of natural forms.
Synonyms
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5.4
The amount something is bent, like a road or beam
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7.1
A twisted shape of a body or object caused by bending
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8.9
An angle that makes a line or surface slant, like a tilted roof
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4.4
Soft rounded shapes on a body, design, or object
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7.8
Bending or twisting of a thing so it loses its original shape
The quality of having lines that bend instead of being straight
A winding shape in a river or road that curves
A path or shape that bends a lot
A quality of having many twists that makes paths or ideas hard to follow
A series of twists and turns, like a winding road
A bend or twist that makes something not straight
Bending of a beam or other part so it is not straight
A part of something that bends inward like a spine or branch
Antonyms
How Crooked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crookedness comes from the simple word crook, which originally meant a 'hook' or a bent staff like a shepherd's tool, so you can picture something that is bent or not straight. That's why crookedness means the quality of being bent, curved, or twisted.