From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, noun The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [syn: {tortuosity}, {tortuousness}, {torsion}, {contortion}]
2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: {straightness}]
3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn: {deviousness}]
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