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Crooked vs Sinuous - What's the difference?

crooked | sinuous |

As adjectives the difference between crooked and sinuous

is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while sinuous is having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

As a verb crooked

is (crook).

crooked

English

Etymology 1

From crook, equivalent to .

Verb

(head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.

    sinuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
  • :We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
  • Moving gracefully and supplely.
  • :We were entranced by her sinuous dance.

    • Synonyms

    * (having curves) (l), (l), (l) * (moving gracefully) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (having curves) (l), (l) * (moving gracefully) (l), (l)