cockeyed
Not quite straight
Cockeyed means crooked, askew, or off-center: The picture hangs cockeyed on the wall.
It also describes something absurd or implausible: a cockeyed scheme to get rich quick.
Less commonly, it means cross-eyed or squinting.
The word carries an informal, slightly dismissive tone—whatever's cockeyed isn't quite right.
Tilted from true
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- awryCrooked or wrong
- off-kilterUnbalanced or awry
slanted · crooked · skewed · angled · canted · uneven · misaligned · off-center
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- harebrainedRecklessly stupid or impractical
crackpot · cockamamie · half-baked · hare-brained · foolish · crazy · wacky · zany
Eyes turned outward
- squintPartly close eyes
- boss-eyedEyes misaligned inward
- strabismusEye misalignment condition
- lazy eyeWeak eye alignment disorder
Mildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- intoxicatedAffected by alcohol
- sozzledExtremely intoxicated, colloquially
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
soused · pickled · sloshed · tight · loaded · smashed · blotto · three sheets
askew
Tilted from true
off-kilter · slanted · crooked · skewed · angled · canted · uneven · misaligned · off-center · wonky
ridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
harebrained · crackpot · cockamamie · half-baked · hare-brained · foolish · crazy · wacky · zany · outlandish
walleyed
Eyes turned outward
- squintPartly close eyes
- boss-eyedEyes misaligned inward
- strabismusEye misalignment condition
lazy eye · wandering eye · wall-eyed · eye patch · amblyopia
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- intoxicatedAffected by alcohol
- sozzledExtremely intoxicated, colloquially
plastered · soused · pickled · sloshed · tight · loaded · smashed · blotto · three sheets · boozy
- crookedcrooked, askew, awry, lopsided, off-center
- distortedwarped, twisted, bent, contorted, crooked
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
- misalignmentmisaligned, misalignment, off-center, displaced, crooked
- alignmentalign, aligned, wheel alignment, spine alignment, spinal alignment
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up