Chapter Craniology to Crotch of C by Soule's Synonymes

2. Forebode, cry things down, be depreciatory, take a gloomy view of things.

Croaker, n. Decrier, depreciator, one that takes a gloomy view, alarmist, foreboder.

Crock, n.

1. Earthen jar, pot, piece of crockery.

2. Low seat, stool.

3. Soot, smut.

Crock, v. a. Blacken (with soot), soil, smut.

Crockery, n. Earthen-ware.

Crocodile tears. Affected tears, hypocritical sorrow, dissembled grief.

Crone, n.

1. Old woman (in contempt).

2. Old ewe.

3. Garrulous old man, aged gabbler or twaddler.

Crony, n. (Colloq.) Associate, intimate friend, bosom friend, bosom companion.

Crook, n.

1. Bend, flexure, curvature, turn.

2. Bent staff, shepherd’s crook, bishop’s crook or staff.

3. Trick, artifice, machination.

Crook, v. a. Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked.

Crook, v. n. Bend, curve, become crooked, wind, turn.

Crooked, a.

1. Bent, curved, bowed, winding.

2. Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured.