Synonyms of crookedness

crookedness

noun

as in deceit

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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