Synonyms for cockeyed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kok-ahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒkˌaɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for cockeyed Other synonyms for the word cockeyed
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for cockeyed
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019