crookedness
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈkrʊkɪdnəs/
:
deshonestidad
- He had known the crookedness of the bargain, and yet he had gone along with it—devising against Stephen Douglas his paradoxes on the limits of popular sovereignty, drawing his own line at the Missouri Compromise, and getting the nomination on sound Republican terms.
Over time, the marketplace will punish him for his crookedness.
- Over time, the marketplace will punish him for his crookedness.
Examples
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In fact, every recession/depression since 1900 has been the result of either GOP incompetence or crookedness or both.
Blog text (30) -
Instead of wry remarks about the continued crookedness in the Obama administration, people should be arming themselves and raising Cain.
Blog text (16) -
I wish we could get out and leave all this backstabbing and crookedness behind us.
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And I'd be a lot happier if she kept her crookedness elsewhere.
Fiction book (2002) -
Is there truly no corruption or crookedness these people will not stoop to in order to continue their rape of America?
Blog text (18) -
But the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Blog text (19) -
I always thought you were a smart man and one that cared, but I will tell you that you are DEAD wrong about our President. He is a good man, and where I see evil is in Mr. Romney. I can see the crookedness in his expressions, and from my heart, I don't trust him. If Mr. Romney wins, I have plans to leave the country; this man scares me.
Blog text (10) -
The crookedness of his actions made it hard for anyone to trust him.
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Due to her history of crookedness in business dealings, she lost her reputation.
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His crookedness was evident in the way he manipulated others for personal gain.
Synonyms
187
2.1
An act of tricking someone to get an unfair advantage
66
4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
46
3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
27
4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
15
2.8
An act of dishonesty that gives someone an unfair advantage
12
8.1
Dishonest behavior that hides true intentions to trick someone
8
9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
8
8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
6
9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people to get something
4
7.2
The quality of seeming false and not sincere
3
8.8
A way of hiding the truth by pretending to be less involved
2
6.5
Trying to make other people believe something that is not true
2
5.8
A way of speaking or acting that is not true
2
7.0
Secret actions that are dishonest or unfair to get what you want
1
6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
1
8.7
Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain
1
9.8
Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
1
6.9
Dishonest or secret behavior that seems against the law
1
8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
1
7.2
A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
1
7.1
Dishonest behavior of pretending one thing but doing another
1
7.1
Dishonest or sneaky behaviour to get what you want
1
6.3
Dishonest behavior in business or money matters
1
6.2
A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
1
9.7
Dishonest words or actions that try to trick people
1
6.2
A quality of being clever and secretly using tricks to get what you want
Act of showing a friendly face while hiding true feelings
Actions that cheat people to get their money
A habit of ignoring right and wrong and being dishonest to get what you want
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Being clever at getting what you want by tricking others
Something that seems wrong, unsafe, or not honest
Behavior that hides the truth to mislead people
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crookedness also comes from the word crook, which later became a name for a 'thief' or someone 'dishonest', so crookedness can also mean moral or legal wrongness — being dishonest or underhanded.