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as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
rakishly wears his hat a little cockeyed
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a cockeyed scheme to build a shopping mall in the middle of nowhere
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as in drunken
being under the influence of alcohol
don't trust a thing that Wilson tells you when he's cockeyed
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Recent Examples of cockeyed
That would make for a fairly standard neo-noir, but Penn’s cockeyed vision folds in art film existentialism, surrealist gags and winking metatextual commentary, resulting in a crime film unlike any other.
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Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s important, because ads are what makes this cockeyed caravan go.
—John Rennie, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
This is a show with the emotional tenor of doomsday preppers and dystopian survivalists, albeit without the cockeyed conspiracy theories.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Santos was elected by cockeyed voters with his cheating, lying and posing.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
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Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
That’s important, because ads are what makes this cockeyed caravan go.
—John Rennie, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
This is a show with the emotional tenor of doomsday preppers and dystopian survivalists, albeit without the cockeyed conspiracy theories.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Santos was elected by cockeyed voters with his cheating, lying and posing.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockeyed
Adjective
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No matter what your feelings are about Sternberg and his executive team today, these are not foolish people.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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There's nothing foolish about choosing beauty over practicality if that's what your heart desires.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
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Barton, 42, was accused of kicking his partner, Georgia, in the head during a drunken row in 2021.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The two brothers wake up in a daze as this week’s episode opens, not really remembering what happened during their drunken night on the boat with Chloe and Chelsea.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Tampa Bay is one of the most crooked places in America, according to fraud report data from the Federal Trade Commission.—
Martin Vassolo,
Axios,
20 Mar. 2025
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Talley also said the pathway of the bullet as the pathologist in the case testified disproves any legal theory that Ferguson’s arm was crooked at a 45-degree angle.—
Hetty Chang,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His is a sort of erudite buffoonery that consistently tap-dances between clever, self-aware, and patently stupid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Each of them loses track of a CD filled with secrets, and some end up dying in the stupidest possible ways because of their incompetence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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His drunk mother-in-law, Nan (Jane Curtin), takes too long to share too much insignificant information.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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The bus stop is where a drunk man gave me his jacket in the rain.—
Empress Rasheem,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Nationally, learning loss recovery has been slow and uneven, especially among students of color, Axios' Russell Contreras reported.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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This, coupled with the indirect cooking required when smoking, led to uneven cooking times.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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Finally, its focus on physics means that things get silly pretty quickly, which makes for very shareable moments and clips.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Dozen Bakery off Nolensville Pike is celebrating this silliest of holidays with special pies and quiche.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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From oysters to fried chicken, Champagne makes every meal feel like a celebration.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Go for the stone crabs, the fried chicken, the Key lime pie, or just the classic experience.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Cockeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockeyed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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