What are some opposite words for crook?
Antonyms for crook
krʊkcrook
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
crook
In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.
Synonyms:
bend, bias, bow, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield
Princeton's WordNet
criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactornoun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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whitlow, twist, shepherd's crook, malefactor, bend, turn, felon, criminal, outlawbend, crook, twist, turnnoun
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
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spin, felon, bend, routine, tour, outlaw, wind, bend dexter, turning, twist, crease, round, malefactor, whirl, bending, kink, braid, bit, flexure, crimp, turn of events, act, wrench, criminal, tress, pull, winding, plait, play, go, shepherd's crook, curve, number, construction, spell, good turn, fold, twirl, device, bout, plication, gimmick, turn, twisting, eddycrook, shepherd's crookverb
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Synonyms:
outlaw, twist, shepherd's crook, malefactor, bend, felon, criminal, turncrook, curveverb
bend or cause to bend
"He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
Synonyms:
trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, arch, swerve, curve
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How to use crook in a sentence?
You can be a crook or be asked to lie. I have seen so many people lying and making mistakes on camera ... People only care about spicy stories.
He was not a crook, he was a career government relations official, political operative and government worker who got caught up in a situation that spiraled out of control.
Better a crook you know than one you don't.
Keeping SBI Securities as brokerage firm but have almost stopped investing in share market after realizing that brokerage firm cheats traders and all brokers are equally corrupt and crook who take small brokerage from traders and big commission from companies for helping organizations to loot money of investors and traders. Since am unemployed so seeing stock market operation for time pass purpose only and updating own observation to protect people
I don't believe Spiro Agnew is a crook. If he was a crook, he'd still be in office.
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