1. (

• tortuosity ,
• tortuousness ,
• torsion ,
• contortion ,
• crookedness

) a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions" ;

2. (

• crookedness

) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles ;

3. (

• crookedness ,
• deviousness ,

) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded ;