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 crookedness crookedness /ˈkrʊkədnəs/

noun

  1. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded  ( crookedness , deviousness )
    the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
  2. Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles  ( crookedness )
    having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
  3. A tortuous and twisted shape or position  ( crookedness , torsion , tortuosity , contortion , tortuousness )
    a tortuous and twisted shape or position
     They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
    they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
     The acrobat performed incredible contortions
    the acrobat performed incredible contortions