crookedness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crookedness
    n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a
         tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
         performed incredible contortions" [syn: {tortuosity},
         {tortuousness}, {torsion}, {contortion}, {crookedness}]
    2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or
       angles [ant: {straightness}]
    3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn:
       {crookedness}, {deviousness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n.
   The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity
   of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude;
   perverseness.
   [1913 Webster]