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 wonky skew-whiff
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 potty slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiffy stiff tiddly tiddley tight tipsy wet

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