cockeyed

Examples

• All

• 'Cause your eyes are glazed, then you look all cockeyed.

  The Candidate (1972)

• Cockeyed as hell.

  The Last House on the Left (1972)

• What gets me so cockeyed sore at myself is that I fell for that big bunch of beef.

  Freaks (1932)

• I was cockeyed.

  Beachhead (1954)

• Those cockeyed bastards.

  The Shape of Water (2017)

• You cockeyed, drunken fool.

  Dinner at Eight (1933)

• Old Peter was cockeyed, smelled like bear grease, and would dance around their cabin with a mask and prayer sticks, singing and screeching, until Jimmy One Rock and his brothers were scared well.

  Fiction book (1992)

• After a few too many drinks, he stumbled around looking completely cockeyed.

• At the party, everyone's laughter made it clear they were all feeling a bit cockeyed.

• After celebrating all night, she woke up cockeyed and with a terrible headache.

Synonyms

D

drunk

vscockeyed

38 3.0

Feeling a very strong emotion that makes you excited or unable to think clearly

focuses on heavy alcohol intoxication rather than including emotional overwhelm

L

loaded

vscockeyed

• Informal

31 8.1

Very drunk after drinking alcohol

is the informal label for the same strong alcohol intoxication

H

hammered

vscockeyed

• Slang

28 8.4

Very drunk from drinking alcohol

is similar in degree but can be slightly less coarse in tone

I

inebriated

vscockeyed

• Formal

15 6.5

To be very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is informal and refers to high intoxication in everyday speech rather than clinical language

S

soaked

vscockeyed

• Informal

14 8.5

Being very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol

is similarly strong but the key's tone is simply marked as informal

P

plastered

vscockeyed

• Informal

13 8.3

Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol

is similar in degree but may be less focused on physical appearance

T

tight

vscockeyed

• Archaic

12 9.9

Very drunk after drinking too much

is informal and current in tone rather than marked as dated

S

smashed

vscockeyed

• Slang

6 8.4

Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol

is very drunk too but does not always imply total loss of control

B

blind drunk

vscockeyed

• Informal

5 7.9

So affected by alcohol that you are not aware of what you do or where you are

is very intoxicated as well but does not always imply total unawareness

D

drunk as a skunk

vscockeyed

• Informal

4 8.9

Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly

is informal and denotes a high degree of intoxication without idiom use

B

blotto

vscockeyed

• Archaic

4 9.9

Very drunk so you cannot act or think clearly

is very drunk too but does not always imply complete incapacity

S

sloshed

vscockeyed

• Informal

4 9.2

Very drunk after drinking too much

is about great drunkenness but does not require slang usage

S

soused

vscockeyed

• Informal

3 9.0

Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is informal in tone and expresses the same high degree of intoxication

P

pissed

vscockeyed

• UK

3 9.9

Very drunk after drinking alcohol

is informal and names the same high degree of alcohol intoxication

P

pie-eyed

vscockeyed

• Archaic

1 9.5

Extremely drunk and not able to behave normally

is very drunk too but does not always stress visible impairment

S

swacked

vscockeyed

• Archaic

1 9.9

Very drunk and cannot stand or speak clearly

is equally informal but is presented without explicit slang labeling

S

sozzled

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is about high intoxication without always stressing visible overindulgence

S

squiffy

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

A little drunk after drinking alcohol

refers specifically to a high degree of intoxication rather than a mild state

F

fuddled

vscockeyed

• Archaic

1 9.9

Very drunk and confused after drinking too much

is about being very drunk but does not necessarily stress confusion

P

pished

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

Very drunk and unable to walk or speak clearly

is informal too but lacks the explicit regional label in its description

B

besotted

vscockeyed

• Archaic

1 8.2

Extremely drunk and unable to stand or think clearly

is about being very intoxicated to a large degree rather than stressing effect

R

rat-arsed

vscockeyed

• Offensive

1 9.9

Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol

is informal too but is neutral compared with the linked coarse slang

C

crocked

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

So drunk that you cannot stand or think clearly

is very intoxicated too but need not always stress measurable impairment

S

stiff

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.6

Very drunk after drinking too much

is informal and names strong intoxication without extra slang label

P

pixilated

vscockeyed

• Archaic

1 9.9

Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly

is very intoxicated too but is not marked as old-fashioned or foolish-behaving

S

slopped

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

Very drunk and cannot walk straight

is the same general idea but with no special mention of slang register

K

knickered

vscockeyed

• Slang

1 9.9

Very drunk after drinking too much

is similar in degree but the key is labelled informal without extra regional note

Antonyms

S

sober

286 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

How Drunk

wasted

• NSFW

94 8.4

cockeyed

• Archaic

4 9.7

drunk

∞ 1.6

tipsy

• Informal

24 4.8

sober

286 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology