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as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
rakishly wears his hat a little cockeyed
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2
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
Photograph by Julie Lemberger For more than forty years, the choreographer Sally Silvers has been offering audiences her cockeyed, defamiliarizing ideas of what dance can be.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Rather, its orbit is slightly cockeyed, tilted at an angle of 5.145 degrees.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
How will the last cockeyed optimist in popular culture deal with the desolation of a husband’s death?
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
David, the oldest at 6, wearing a cockeyed cap, had something to say.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Rather, its orbit is slightly cockeyed, tilted at an angle of 5.145 degrees.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
How will the last cockeyed optimist in popular culture deal with the desolation of a husband’s death?
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
David, the oldest at 6, wearing a cockeyed cap, had something to say.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockeyed
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Kent can often just look foolish onstage, sitting there idling.—
Nan Z. Da
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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To write off the Israeli leader would be foolish, especially with new elections not required until late 2026.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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The show’s focus puller also does the Lord’s work in the last shot of the beat, just after Deborah’s face turns and looks toward the camera, flashing red for one desperate second before going fuzzy and indistinct, like a drunken exhale.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
3 June 2025
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The officer, Robert Phillips, was accused of intentionally causing the death of Jesse Fischer, whom Phillips suspected of drunken driving, in October 2021.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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From viral LinkedIn mantras to inspirational TED Talks, authenticity is praised as the antidote to crooked leaders, political doublespeak, and robotic managerialism, not to mention phony politicians.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The pair will make stupid decisions, and viewers will likely wonder: would a girl like Paula really do that for a mess like Sloane?—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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This one is one person on the street obviously taking the soul of a protester who was stupid enough to go after some police officers.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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And rather than exact revenge on a jock bully, nerdy William gets drunk, sheds his dorky image, and becomes a party god.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
10 June 2025
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The victims of drunk and/or drug driving are not the only people impacted.—
Duane O. King,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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That means Juno’s radio transmissions will experience the Doppler effect, where the wavelength shifts slightly in response to Io’s uneven gravitational field.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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Avoid wobbly or uneven fittings to keep everything centered.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2025
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Alas, during one night siege (silly enough to not scare the little ones, even as the entire village repeatedly goes up in flames), Hiccup aims his weapon at the shape of a Night Fury (no one, we’re told repeatedly, as ever really seen one), shoots, and … what!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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Still, sometimes Forrest’s demands seemed nitpicky, silly even.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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But my favorite controversy came in the 1985 series, when the Flyers’ radical idea of letting their goalies have a water bottle on top of the net resulted in Glen Sather threatening to pull the Oilers off the ice while demanding to know whether buckets of fried chicken were next.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Much of Lucky Bird’s clientele are office workers who place orders for fried chicken sandwiches, tenders, wings and sides like cheddar jalapeño biscuits.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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“Cockeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockeyed. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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