English Explanatory Dictionary

cockeyed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
  2. Crooked or askew.
  3. Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
  4. Drunk.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒkˌaɪd/ /ˌkɒkˈaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cockeyed.wav

Word forms

cockeyed more cockeyed most cockeyed cock-eyed

Etymology

From cock + eyed.

Synonyms

absurd Laputan cockamamie cockeyed farcical foolish full of it irrational inconsistent incongruous jabberwocky laughable ludicrous nonsensical preposterous priceless rich ridiculous skimble-skamble unreasonable Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten bevvied bibacious bibulous binned bingoed bladdered blasted blewed blind blind drunk blitzed blocked blootered blottoed blue bollocksed bombed boozy bosky bottled Brahms Brahms and Liszt budgy bungalowed bungfu burlin' canned clobbered

Related words

cockeye

Derived words

cockeyedly cockeyedness
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