EGAVE

cockeyed

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
  2. adjective Crooked or askew.
  3. adjective Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
    I'm not going to go along with your cockeyed plot.
  4. adjective Drunk.

Similar words

crooked awry askew lopsided wonky agee optimist cross-eyed odd-eyed oculigerous

Often followed by

optimist world and on grin angle smile in way

Word family

cockeyedly cockeyedness cockeyednesses

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