cockeyes

Eyes pointing inward

Cockeyes are eyes that turn inward toward the nose—the condition also called cross-eyes or strabismus.

The term can describe the condition itself or, less kindly, a person who has it.

Someone who is cockeyed has misaligned eyes, but the adjective extends to anything crooked, askew, or absurd: a cockeyed scheme, The picture hangs cockeyed.

misalignment

strabismus

Eye misalignment condition

lazy eye · divergent · convergent · misaligned · unfocused · wandering · double vision · amblyopia · crooked · askew

crooked

askew

Tilted from true

awry · off-kilter · slanted · skewed · wonky · crooked · misaligned · angled · twisted · bent

informal

drunk

Impaired by alcohol

wasted · plastered · sloshed · hammered · blotto · three sheets · wobbly · unsteady · bleary · glazed

Opposites
eye alignment

cockeyessteady gaze

Unwavering visual attention

normal vision · clear-sighted · keen-eyed

figurative straightness

cockeyesstraight

Not curved or crooked

level · aligned · true · plumb · even

Family

cockeyed, cockeye

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG