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Definition of Crooked |
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Crooked
of Crook Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. Related Definitions: As, Bent, By, Characterized, Crook, Crooked, Curve, Deformed, Deviating, Dishonest, Distorted, False, Fraudulent, From, Not, Of, Or, Rectitude, Right, Straight, Straightforward, The, Turning, Twisted |
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Crooked Quotations
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. Friedrich Nietzsche Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you. Friedrich Nietzsche No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick. Erma Bombeck You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it. W. C. Fields I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment. Henry David Thoreau Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. Henry David Thoreau What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God. Swami Vivekananda From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved. Immanuel Kant |
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Crooked Translations
crooked in French is tortu crooked in German is krumm crooked in Italian is storto crooked in Latin is pandus, curvus crooked in Spanish is curvo, pando crooked in Swedish is krokig, ohederlig |
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