crookedness crookedness /ˈkrʊkədnəs/

noun

1. The quality of being deceitful and underhanded  ( crookedness , deviousness )
   the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
   
2. Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles  ( crookedness )
   having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
   
3. A tortuous and twisted shape or position  ( crookedness , torsion , tortuosity , contortion , tortuousness )
   a tortuous and twisted shape or position
    They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
   they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
    The acrobat performed incredible contortions
   the acrobat performed incredible contortions