curved

/kərvd/

/kəvd/

Definitions of curved

1. adjective

   having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
   “the curved tusks of a walrus”

   “his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard”

   synonyms: curving

   arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed

   forming or resembling an arch

   curvilineal, curvilinear

   characterized by or following a curved line

   eellike

   resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous

   falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped

   curved like a sickle

   curvey, curvy

   having curves

   flexuous

   having turns or windings

   hooked, hooklike

   having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)

   incurvate, incurved

   bent into or having an inward curve

   recurvate, recurved

   curved backward or inward

   serpentine, snakelike, snaky

   resembling a serpent in form

   sinuate, sinuous, wiggly

   curved or curving in and out

   sinusoidal

   having a succession of waves or curves

   upcurved

   curving upward

   antonyms:

   straight

   free from curves or angles

   trabeate, trabeated

   not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)

   uncurved, uncurving

   having no curves