| NOUN | shape | crookedness, tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion | a tortuous and twisted shape or position |
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| attribute | crookedness | having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles | |
| attribute | crookedness, deviousness | the quality of being deceitful and underhanded |
| Sounds | kruh'kahdnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A tortuous and twisted shape or position. | |
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| Synonyms | tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion | |
| Broader | distorted shape, distortion | A shape resulting from distortion |
| Spanish | torsión, tortuosidad | |
| Catalan | torsió | |
| Meaning | Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles. | |
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| Broader | shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
| Opposite | straightness | freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles |
| Adjectives | crooked | having or marked by bends or angles |
| Meaning | The quality of being deceitful and underhanded. | |
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| Synonym | deviousness | |
| Broader | dishonesty | The quality of being dishonest |
| Spanish | tortuosidad | |
| Catalan | tortuositat | |
| Adjectives | crooked | not straight |
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