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malposed

adj. characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth"

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akimbo

adj. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"

anfractuous

adj. full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"

hooked, aquiline

adj. curved down like an eagle's beak

awry, wonky, askew, cockeyed, lopsided

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

bending, deflective, refractive

adj. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

bent

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

distorted, twisted, contorted

adj. strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"

knotted, knotty, gnarled, gnarly

adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

squiggly

adj. wavy and twisting

winding, twisting, tortuous, twisty

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

warped

adj. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

windblown

adj. used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

wry

adj. bent to one side; "a wry neck"

zigzag

adj. having short sharp turns or angles

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malposed

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