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crookish

crookish adjective: crooked (dishonest, illegal, corrupt).

Adjective

crookish (comparative more crookish, superlative most crookish)

  1. Crooked (dishonest, illegal, corrupt).

Forms of crookish

comparativemore crookish
superlativemost crookish

Origin of crookish

From crook + -ish.

Questions about crookish

What does crookish mean?
Crookish means crooked (dishonest, illegal, corrupt).
What part of speech is crookish?
Crookish is an adjective.

Words near crookish in the dictionary

  1. crookie
  2. crookies
  3. crooking
  4. crooking one's elbow
  5. crookings
  6. crookish
  7. crookle
  8. crooklegged
  9. crookless
  10. crookneck
  11. crooknecked

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