Synonyms of crookedness

crookedness

noun

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

for sheer crookedness it would be hard to beat the used-car dealer who sold me that lemon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• fraud
• cheating
• deceitfulness
• cunning
• duplicity
• lying
• dishonesty
• crookery
• fakery
• double-dealing
• guile
• craftiness
• dissimulation
• dissembling
• cunningness
• secrecy
• wiliness
• cozenage
• dupery
• fraudulence
• foxiness
• skullduggery
• craft
• chicanery
• prevarication
• hypocrisy
• subterfuge
• artifice
• skulduggery
• swindling
• trickery
• obliquity
• mendacity
• guilefulness
• insincerity
• artfulness
• shrewdness
• underhandedness
• jugglery
• hanky-panky
• deviousness
• untruth
• falsehood
• chicane
• equivocation
• fib
• sanctimoniousness
• unscrupulousness
• shadiness
• legerdemain
• mountebankery
• smoothness
• furtiveness
• wile
• shiftiness
• sneakiness
• slyness
• slipperiness
• covertness
• falsity
• two-facedness
• caginess
• treacherousness
• oiliness
• stealthiness
• cageyness
• slickness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• forthrightness
• openness
• frankness
• candor
• plainness
• directness
• guilelessness
• honesty
• reliability
• probity
• righteousness
• trustworthiness
• goodness
• solidity
• integrity
• dependability
• candidness
• uprightness
• truthfulness
• plainspokenness
• decency
• incorruptibility
• virtuousness
• trustiness
• reliableness
• trustability