cockeyed
having a squinting eye.
twisted, tilted, or slanted to one side.
Slang.
foolish; absurd.
intoxicated; drunk.
completely wrong.
Origin of cockeyed
1Other words for cockeyed
Other words from cockeyed
- cock·eyed·ly [kok-ahyd-lee, -ahy-id-], /ˈkɒkˌaɪd li, -ˌaɪ ɪd-/, adverb
- cockeyedness, noun
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How to use cockeyed in a sentence
For that bit of cockeyed optimism, NASA has history on its side.
He has the shiny vinyl good looks of a Ken doll and, when he wants to turn it on, a slightly vapid demeanor that comes off as cockeyed confidence.
Ryan Reynolds' Charm Can't Quite Liberate Free Guy From a Cluttered Plot | Stephanie Zacharek | August 13, 2021 | TimeHe began, he recalls, by setting forth a cockeyed premise: the Marx brothers selling modern art.
The Stacks: Robin Williams, More Than A Shtick Figure | Joe Morgenstern | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExcept on the one subject of that cockeyed invention of his, he behaved perfectly normally.
Gone Fishing | James H. SchmitzAnother wild goose chase, but somewhere along this cockeyed row there was an angle.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
I fumbled around for a beginning, and then I decided to start right at the beginning, whether it sounded cockeyed or not.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithAfter only two weeks on the job, on a strange planet ninety light-years from home, you don't tell your boss he's cockeyed.
Exploiter's End | James CauseySure, and maybe that was a very cockeyed view for Dawson to take, too.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for cockeyed
/ (ˈkɒkˌaɪd) /
afflicted with cross-eye, squint, or any other visible abnormality of the eyes
appearing to be physically or logically abnormal, absurd, etc; crooked; askew: cockeyed ideas
drunk
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