Antonyms for cockeyed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kok-ahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒkˌaɪd


Definition of cockeyed

Origin :
  • 1821, "squint-eyed," perhaps from cock (v.) in some sense + eye (n.). Figurative sense of "absurd, askew, crazy" is from 1896; that of "drunk" is attested from 1926.
  • adj crooked, askew
Example sentences :
  • It wouldn't do to get cockeyed drunk now, out of respect to the ladies.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • There's no telling what can happen next in this cockeyed world.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • For some cockeyed reason, I thought of it when Anti was out there.
  • Extract from : « Accidental Flight » by Floyd L. Wallace
  • The other was cockeyed, half its gears set higher than the other half.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • Half the stuff you see in the papers these days is cockeyed.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • But it was like trying to wake himself up out of the middle of a crazy, cockeyed dream.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • Maybe it's just a cockeyed dream, and I'm going to wake up stone dead!
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • I was cockeyed enough to follow Miller's example and found out how much it really hurt.
  • Extract from : « Stamped Caution » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • After only two weeks on the job, on a strange planet ninety light-years from home, you don't tell your boss he's cockeyed.
  • Extract from : « Exploiter's End » by James Causey
  • You and I have been in this cockeyed war too long to think that everything is all cut and dried.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen

Synonyms for cockeyed

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