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Crooked vs Uncrooked - What's the difference?

crooked | uncrooked |

As verbs the difference between crooked and uncrooked

is that crooked is past tense of crook while uncrooked is past tense of uncrook.

As adjectives the difference between crooked and uncrooked

is that crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles while uncrooked is not crooked; straight.

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.

    uncrooked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (uncrook)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Not crooked; straight.

    • uncrook

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring back from a crooked position.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 14, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm. }}