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Cockeyed Common

Cockeyed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

turned or twisted toward one side

"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"

"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

2

so unreasonable as to invite derision

"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"

4

Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.

Example Sentences
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry" adjective
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" adjective
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework" adjective
"that's a cockeyed idea" adjective
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer" adjective
"a contribution so small as to be laughable" adjective
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion" adjective
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history" adjective
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
yed dyed eyed syed lyed bayed joyed tryed skyed keyed wayed payed rayed toyed sayed buyed layed guyed fayed uneyed
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