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cockeyed

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cockeyed in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    absurd  cockeyed  derisory  idiotic  laughable  ludicrous  nonsensical  preposterous  ridiculous 
  2. 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"
    askew  awry  cockeyed  lopsided  wonky  skew-whiff 
  3. very drunk
    besotted  blind drunk  blotto  crocked  cockeyed  fuddled  loaded  pie-eyed  pissed  pixilated  plastered  slopped  sloshed  smashed  soaked  soused  sozzled  squiffy  stiff  tight  wet 
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cockeyed in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adjective) (US) Having both eyes oriented inward.
  2. (adjective) (US) crooked/Crooked or askew.
  3. (adjective) (US/informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
  4. (adjective) (alternative spelling of/cock-eyed)
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