Crooked in Malayalam
നെറികെട്ട (neriketta) describes a crooked character: dishonest, badly behaved, lacking rectitude. It is ne-ri-ket-ta, from the word for righteousness with a negative attached. It never refers to a bent shape.
Dishonest, ill-mannered, crooked.
നെറികെട്ട പെരുമാറ്റം ക്ലാസിൽ അനുവദിക്കില്ല.
neriketta perumaattam klaasil anuvadhikkilla.
Ill-mannered behaviour is not allowed in class.
All Malayalam words for “crooked”
- നെറികെട്ട (neriketta) — Dishonest, ill-mannered, crooked.
- ദുര്ബ്ബുദ്ധി (durbbuddhi) — Malignity, crooked mind, a crook, a fool, a wicked person.
- വക്രബുദ്ധി (vakrabuddhi) — A cunning, crooked person, hypocrite, dishonest man.
നെറികെട്ട (neriketta) is the adjective for a crooked, dishonest person, while വക്രബുദ്ധി (vakrabuddhi) and ദുര്ബ്ബുദ്ധി (durbbuddhi) are nouns for such a person, the first stressing cunning and the second malice and folly; none of them covers a crooked line or a bent nail.
Common questions
How do you say crooked in Malayalam?
നെറികെട്ട (neriketta), when you mean dishonest.
Which word do I use for a crooked, bent object?
None of these; they all describe character, so a bent object needs a word about curving or twisting.