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How to pronounce crooked in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms asymmetrical


a dress with a crooked hemline.
Type Words
Synonyms hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping
Type Words
Synonyms corrupt
Derivation crookedness
Type Words
Derivation crookedness


crooked country roads.
crooked teeth.

Examples of crooked

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The coffin takes a sharp angle, part way along its length, like a crooked death.
From the guardian.co.uk
A crooked press breeds a tainted preacher and soon we have compromised teachers.
From the dailynews.com
Geoffrey Ward was a boy when he first heard about his crooked great-grandfather.
From the dailyherald.com
Nothing had crooked eyes or bits of exposed plaster at the corners of its mouth.
From the guardian.co.uk
Blagojevich's trial was another chapter in Illinois'history of crooked politics.
From the denverpost.com
These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group of people I've ever seen.
From the edition.cnn.com
According to the OCSD, the suspect is described as having crooked, gapped teeth.
From the latimes.com
The leaves that emerge are dark green and leathery and grow along crooked stems.
From the sacbee.com
He also suspects that crooked politicians had a role in Boko Haram's early rise.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
  • Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
  • Asymmetrical: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"
  • Hunched: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
  • (crookedly) lopsidedly: in a crooked lopsided manner; "he smiled lopsidedly"
  • Game is an upcoming film directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment.http://www.excelmovies.com/profiles/view/12/1# This film's title was changed from Crooked to the new permanent title of Game by the producers Excel Entertainment.
  • Annoyed. Often in crooked on, angry with.
  • Dong-nga^1, no-dong-nga
  • De traviole (familier);