cockeyed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Very drunk: Extremely intoxicated by alcohol.
- Absurd, ridiculous, or incongruous: So unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate as to be laughable.
- Turned or twisted to one side; askew: Not straight or level; crooked or tilted.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Drunk):
- Adjective (Absurd):
- Adjective (Askew):
Advanced Usage
- "to be cockeyed": to be very drunk.
- "cockeyed optimism": foolish or unrealistic optimism.
Variants and Related Words
- Cockeyedly (adverb): In a cockeyed manner.
- Skew-whiff (adjective, chiefly British, informal): Not straight; crooked. (This is a near synonym for the "askew" meaning).
Synonyms
- Drunk: intoxicated, inebriated, plastered, sloshed.
- Absurd: ludicrous, preposterous, nonsensical, ridiculous, laughable.
- Askew: crooked, awry, tilted, lopsided, off-center.
Related Phrases
- Look at (something) cockeyed: To look at something with suspicion, disapproval, or as if it is absurd.
Related Idioms
- Cockeyed world: An expression referring to a situation or state of affairs that is chaotic, unfair, or nonsensical.
Adjective
- very drunk
- incongruous; inviting ridicule
- the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
- that's a cockeyed idea
- ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
- a contribution so small as to be laughable
- it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
- a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
- her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
- turned or twisted toward one side
- a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry- G.K.Chesterton
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff