Associations to the word «Cockeyed»
Noun
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Wiktionary
COCKEYED, adjective. (US) Having both eyes oriented inward.
COCKEYED, adjective. (US) Crooked or askew.
COCKEYED, adjective. (US) (informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
COCKEYED, adjective. Drunk.
Dictionary definition
COCKEYED, adjective. 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".
COCKEYED, adjective. 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".
COCKEYED, adjective. Very drunk.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.