cockeyed
/ˈkɒkʌɪd
/adjective informal
1Crooked or askew; not level: cockeyed camera angles...
- There is a cedar wreath with dried flowers leaning at a cockeyed angle against the cross.
- Looking at the assembly, it obviously was cockeyed, which would have caused uneven wear and tear on the seal over time, with ultimate failure.
- Her ponytail is cockeyed, and it makes her head look off, swollen slightly over her ear.
Synonyms
crooked, awry, askew, lopsided, uneven, asymmetrical, to one side, off-centre, skewed, skew, misaligned;
Scottish agley, squint, thrawn
British informal skew-whiff, wonky, squiffy
1.1Absurd; impractical: do you expect us to believe a cockeyed story like that?...
- I would have thought that suburbanites would be the very last to indulge in such a cockeyed fanciful endeavour.
- Does this readiness to invest in so-called safety devices represent sheer barking madness or a rather admirable brand of cockeyed optimism?
- After 17 years of European style instrument making, he finally came up with a product, which is a hybrid mixture of discipline, practicality and Australian cockeyed optimism.
Synonyms
absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible;
idiotic, stupid, foolish, silly, inane, fanciful, imbecilic, insane, wild, hare-brained, impractical, impracticable, unworkable, unfeasible, non-viable, impossible;
unreasonable, irrational, illogical, nonsensical, pointless, senseless;
outrageous, shocking, astonishing, monstrous, fantastic, incongruous, grotesque;
unbelievable, incredible, unthinkable, implausible, improbable
informal half-baked, crazy, barmy, daft
1.2 dated Drunk: I got cockeyed...
- Why lounge around in a bar, spending money, when you could get cockeyed on the clock while dollars rolled into your pocket?
- In the middle of filming of the movie, he arrived on the set weaving and cockeyed.
2(Of a person or their eyes) having a squint.
Origin
Early 19th century: apparently from the verb cock1 and eye.