cockeyed (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: askew , awry , lopsided , wonky , skew-whiff ]

  2. incongruous;inviting ridicule; the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework; thats 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 ]

  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 ]

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