cockeyed

cockeyed
adjective
1. turned or twisted toward one side (Freq. 1)
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"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton

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his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff

• Syn: ↑askew, ↑awry, ↑lopsided, ↑wonky, ↑skew-whiff
• Similar to: ↑crooked
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lopsidedness (for: ↑lopsided)
2. incongruous; inviting ridicule
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the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework

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that's a cockeyed idea

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ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer

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a contribution so small as to be laughable

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it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion

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a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history

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her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

• Syn:
• Similar to: ↑foolish
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ridiculousness (for: ↑ridiculous), ↑deride (for: ↑derisory), ↑absurdity (for: ↑absurd), ↑absurdness (for: ↑absurd)
3. very drunk
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↑besotted, ↑blind drunk, ↑blotto, ↑crocked, ↑fuddled, ↑loaded, ↑pie-eyed, ↑pissed, ↑pixilated, ↑plastered, ↑slopped, ↑sloshed, ↑smashed, ↑soaked, ↑soused, ↑sozzled, ↑squiffy, ↑stiff, ↑tight, ↑wet
• Similar to: ↑intoxicated, ↑drunk, ↑inebriated
• Usage Domain:
↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cockeyed — 1821, squint eyed, perhaps from COCK (Cf. cock) (v.) in some sense + EYE (Cf. eye). Figurative sense of absurd, askew, crazy is from 1896; that of drunk is attested from 1926 …   Etymology dictionary

  • cockeyed — [adj] crooked, askew absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic; concept 586 Ant. level, straight …   New thesaurus

  • cockeyed — [käk′īd΄] adj. 1. cross eyed 2. Slang a) tilted to one side; crooked; awry b) silly; ridiculous; foolish c) drunk …   English World dictionary

  • cockeyed — [[t]kɒ̱ka͟ɪd, AM aɪd[/t]] also cock eyed 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed. Maybe she has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a big coal baroness. Syn: absurd 2) …   English dictionary

  • cockeyed — [“kakaid] mod. crazy. □ Who came up with this cockeyed idea, anyway? □ If you didn’t act so cockeyed all the time, you’d have more friends …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • cockeyed — {adj.} Drunk; intoxicated. * /Frank has been drinking all day and, when we met, he was so cockeyed he forgot his own address./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cockeyed — {adj.} Drunk; intoxicated. * /Frank has been drinking all day and, when we met, he was so cockeyed he forgot his own address./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cockeyed — adjective Date: 1821 1. having a cockeye 2. a. askew, awry b. slightly crazy ; topsy turvy < a cockeyed scheme > c. drunk 1a • cockeyedly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cockeyed — adjective a) Having both eyes oriented inward. Im not going to go along with your cockeyed plot. b) Crooked or askew …   Wiktionary

  • cockeyed — adj. Cockeyed is used with these nouns: ↑optimist …   Collocations dictionary

  • cockeyed — Synonyms and related words: afflicted, agee, agee jawed, amiss, anamorphous, apish, asinine, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, batty, befooled, beguiled, bent, besotted, boiled, bombed, boozy, bowed, brainless,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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