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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
cockeyed
1. turned or twisted toward one side (Freq. 1)
- "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
• Syn:
askew, awry, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
• Similar to:
crooked
• Derivationally related forms:
lopsidedness (for: lopsided)
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
• Syn:
absurd, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous,
nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
• Similar to:
foolish
• Derivationally related forms:
ridiculousness (for: ridiculous), deride (for: derisory), absurdity (for: absurd), absurdness (for: absurd)
3. very drunk
• Syn:
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled,
loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped,
sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy,
stiff, tight, wet
• Similar to:
intoxicated, drunk, inebriated
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
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