verb
- Bend or cause to bend.
- usage: "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
adjective
- Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.
- usage: "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
- Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive.
- synonyms: corrupt
- Irregular in shape or outline.
- usage: "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"
- synonyms: asymmetrical
- Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
- usage: "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
- synonyms: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping
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