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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
But by some force of alchemy, his cockeyed look at things—a mix of deadpan delivery, garish colors, and exaggerated interactions—is weirdly perfect for this adaptation.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockeyed
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Controllable pitching is hard to come by in the big leagues, and the Pirates would be foolish to trade him away after signing him to a big contract.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Any in-depth evaluation would be foolish until Monday, when players don pads and the pass rush speeds McCarthy up even further.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Officers responding to reports of a possible drunken driver at a Petaluma gas station found the black Kia Sol about three minutes before the crash on a nearby road and tried to pull it over, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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The crash happened at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday after authorities received a report of a possible drunken driver at a gas station on Lakeville Highway, according to the Santa Rosa and Petaluma police departments.—
Gary Klien,
Mercury News,
21 July 2025
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The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are all sorts of bad husbands in The Hunting Wives: Jed (Dermot Mulroney) is a horny oil tycoon with his eyes set on the governor’s mansion, Clint (Jason Davis) is a snobby reverend, and Jonny (Branton Box) is a crooked sheriff.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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If the producers manage to create another roof moment, Torin and his stupid little hats are cooked.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mia promises not to ask for help or do anything stupid.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
1 Aug. 2025
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The victim told police Cruz-Diaz was drunk and high when the incident happened.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Happy is miserable, drunk, broke, and working at the local Stop and Shop, where his daily grind is only broken up by taking nips from increasingly insane flasks (a cucumber, a TV remote, and many more).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
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With a single subwoofer, the frequency response can be uneven because of peaks and dips in certain frequency ranges.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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As a result, the effects of the defunding will be uneven.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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There were no costumes, no silly dances or hit parodies.—
Courtney Devores,
Charlotte Observer,
28 July 2025
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That may sound silly to some, Foster said, but the work done by the Environmental Protection Agency in placing bands on birds and following the migration of bees informs officials about the impact of projects on the environment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 July 2025
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Gentile also recommended the fried chicken at The Country Cat at Oregon's Portland International Airport (PDX).—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Fourteen Chinese exchange students were treated to an American dinner of fried chicken, watermelon and homemade desserts this week as they were welcomed to their two-week visit to the Elgin area.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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“Cockeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockeyed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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