cross-eyed

Eyes turned inward

Cross-eyed describes eyes that turn inward toward the nose, a condition where one or both eyes point toward the center rather than straight ahead.

The medical term is strabismus.

Figuratively, cross-eyed can suggest confusion or disorientation: I've been staring at spreadsheets so long I'm going cross-eyed.

appearance

squinting

Narrowing eyes to see

off-center · lopsided · skewed · crooked

diplopia

double vision

Perceiving duplicate images

images · distorted · disoriented · depth perception · confusion · focus · convergence · binocular · impaired · misjudgment

strabismus

amblyopia

Reduced vision, one eye

convergence · divergence · binocular · ocular · ophthalmology · surgery · glasses · muscle imbalance · vision therapy

comical

silly

Frivolous or absurd

cartoon · slapstick · exaggerated · hamming · zany

anatomy

pupil

Learner or eye opening

  • irisEye's pigmented disc
  • corneaEye's clear outer dome
  • retinaLight-sensing tissue layer

eyeball · optic nerve · lens · sclera · fovea

Categories
Opposites
eye alignment direction

cross-eyedwall-eyed

Eyes turned outward

visual alignment normalcy

cross-eyedclear-eyed

Perceiving without distortion

aligned

Family

eye, cross, eyesight, eyed, eyeful, strabismus, cross-eye, wall-eyed

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