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crookeder

crookeder is the comparative form of crooked.

Meaning of crooked

Adjective

crooked (comparative more crooked, superlative most crooked)

  1. Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  2. Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  3. (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
  4. (Newfoundland, dialectal) Ill-tempered; grumpy; cranky.
    • I wouldn't try to talk to him just now, b'y! He's some crooked today!

Questions about crookeder

What is crookeder the comparative form of?
Crookeder is the comparative form of crooked.

Words near crookeder in the dictionary

  1. crooked number
  2. crooked numbers
  3. crooked one's elbow
  4. Crooked River
  5. crooked tune
  6. crookeder
  7. crookedest
  8. crookedly
  9. crookedness
  10. crookednesses
  11. crooken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crookeder (page history and authors); crooked (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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