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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
crooked
1. having or marked by bends or angles;
not straight or aligned (Freq. 2)
- crooked country roads
- crooked teeth
• Ant:
straight
• Similar to:
akimbo, anfractuous, aquiline, hooked, askew,
awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff, contorted,
writhed, writhen, deflective, refractive, geniculate, gnarled,
gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed, malposed, reflexed,
squiggly, tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous,
warped, windblown, wry, zigzag, zig-zag
• See Also:
coiled, indirect
• Derivationally related forms:
crookedness
• Attrubites:
shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
2. irregular in shape or outline
- asymmetrical features
- a dress with a crooked hemline
• Syn:
asymmetrical
• Similar to:
irregular
3. not straight;
dishonest or immoral or evasive
• Syn:
corrupt
• Ant:
straight
• Similar to:
sneaky, underhand, underhanded
• See Also:
dishonest, dishonorable, unlawful
• Derivationally related forms:
corruptness (for: corrupt), crookedness
• Attrubites:
honesty, honestness
4. having the back and shoulders rounded;
not erect
- a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
• Syn:
hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping
• Similar to:
unerect
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