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Treacherous vs Crooked - What's the difference?

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Treacherous is a related term of crooked.


As adjectives the difference between treacherous and crooked

is that treacherous is exhibiting treachery while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As a verb crooked is

(crook).

treacherous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exhibiting treachery.
  • Deceitful; inclined to betray.
  • Unreliable; dangerous.
    • a treacherous mountain trail

    Antonyms

    * (exhibiting treachery) loyal

    Related terms

    * treacher * treachery * trick * trickster * tricky

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    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.