cockeyed

[kok-ahyd]

adjective

1. cross-eyed.

2. having a squinting eye.

3. twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.

4. Slang.

   1. foolish; absurd.

   2. intoxicated; drunk.

   3. completely wrong.

cockeyed

/ ˈkɒkˌaɪd /

adjective

1. afflicted with cross-eye, squint, or any other visible abnormality of the eyes

2. appearing to be physically or logically abnormal, absurd, etc; crooked; askew

   cockeyed ideas

3. drunk

Other Word Forms

• cockeyedly adverb
• cockeyedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockeyed¹

1715–25; cock ² (v.) + eyed

Example Sentences

Shakespeare casts himself as the carriage driver, allowing him to tag along and keep tabs on the cockeyed direction his play is going.

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Likewise, the cockeyed view of these Texans, who sometimes, but not always, let other people get away with things, is endearing.

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A relationship triangle, as cockeyed as anything by Picasso, forms.

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Then as now, I am for the stooge, the one with the energy, the cockeyed view of the world, the nut.

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He is closest with his grandfather, from whom Harold inherits his cockeyed view of the world.

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