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crookedness

noun

The quality of being deceitful and underhanded

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Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
RO
Scrabble score
18
CEFR level
C1

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noun

  1. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded

noun

  1. Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

noun

  1. A tortuous and twisted shape or position

    “They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs”

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They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
The acrobat performed incredible contortions

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