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Meanings of crooked in English

Portuguese
escuso

Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive.

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escuso

Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.

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Irregular in shape or outline.

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Examples for "asymmetrical"
Examples for "asymmetrical"
1
Hand building Most commonly used to form asymmetrical shapes with straight edges.
The Guardian
2
The police jargon for this kind of thing was an asymmetrical situation.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
3
In both cases it is distinctly asymmetrical in relation to the hemispheres.
Pubmed
4
An asymmetrical raised patch on the anterior midshaft of the right tibia.
Bones to Ashes
5
The remaining two patients continued to show spasms or asymmetrical tonic seizures.
Pubmed
Usage of crooked in English
1
The lines of the mouth were crooked; the lips, thick and red.
The Country Doctor
2
Consider, for example, tall buildings that suddenly look crooked in the photo.
The South African
3
The crooked path that led me to love: How did it happen?
Amberville
4
The crooked cannot be made straight; and the wanting cannot be numbered.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
5
No, but I don't want to see a crooked election, he said.
Reuters
6
The picture had remained; it hung there now crooked on its cord.
The Captives
7
People that are crooked in body are always crooked in mind too.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
8
The crooked man almost stood upright in the excitement of his enthusiasm.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
9
It was really low, and it was kind of crooked, Berk said.
BBC
10
Unexpectedly, the illustrator accepted, pulling out three of the crooked paper tubes.
The street philosopher
11
They might talk; he would thank God for the crooked made straight.
Miracles of Our Lord
12
The world followed its own crooked course in defiance of all wisdom.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 04
13
I had the advantage of the Indian, the bears would run crooked.
The Bark Covered House / Or, Back In the Woods Again; Being a Gr...
14
You have opponents who know the game in its every crooked turn.
The Ear in the Wall
15
He is crooked from a motorbike accident which paralysed his right arm.
Radio NZ
16
Now Loki played his final card, his crooked smile beginning to show.
Runemarks
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Translations for crooked
Portuguese
escusocorrupto
Crooked through the time
Crooked across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common