The word is pronounced CROOK- ed (first syllable rhymes with book; second syllable rhymes with bed). It can mean the opposite of "straight" or it can be a slang expression for someone who is corrupt and dishonest.
not crooked = straight body of water = strait
wry, rye
The homophone for direct, meaning not crooked, is "erect."
Ankyl/o is the medical terminology combining form meaning bent or crooked.
"With the crooked tail" is the prepositional phrase.
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There are various words for crooked, depending on precisely what you mean. Broken or snapped is brisé; warped or twisted is tordu; and a crooked man (someon with a stoop) is courbé. Remember that if you are talking about a female these will become brisée, tordue, courbée.
If you mean crooked as in dishonest or a criminal then some who is NOT crooked is an honest person. They are trustworthy, dependable, reliable. Sometimes you might even say "He is a very straight person" "true blue" is another slang term.
The antonym for crooked is straight.
they are as yellow as butter? crooked as a picket fence? black as two in the morning?
5 billion people of the earth say AMERICA is the most CROOKED country in the history of the world.....Its people in truth are nothing more than taxable farm animals.
Comparative: more crooked Superlative: most crooked
When you say crooked do you mean bowed? or some other form of not straight. Boxers should have fairly straight front legs and slightly bowed upper rear legs.
There Was a Crooked Man... was created in 1970.
Twisted or curved are about the same meaning as crooked.
not crooked = straight body of water = strait
crooked nose and crooked mouth