cockeyed meaning and definition

COCKEYED adjective

Definition of cockeyed (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: askew, awry, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky
2. 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"
   • synonyms: absurd, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
3. very drunk
   • synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet