skew-eyed

Examples

• All

• His skew-eyed stare made it difficult to tell whom he was addressing.

• The skew-eyed boy struggled to focus on the teacher.

• The artist depicted a skew-eyed character to add a sense of oddity to the portrait.

• Look at that skew-eyed dog!

• The skew-eyed boy struggled to see both sides of the street clearly due to his condition.

• Her skew-eyed gaze fixed on the butterfly, making it hard to know what she was focusing on.

• People called him skew-eyed because his eyes seemed to wander in different directions.

Synonyms

C

cross-eyed

vsskew-eyed

3 6.3

Eyes that turn inward toward the nose

refers to any eye misalignment, not only inward turning

W

walleyed

vsskew-eyed

• Specialized

1 9.9

Having eyes that turn outward and look in different directions

describes misalignment generally, not only outward turning of the eyes

S

squint-eyed

vsskew-eyed

8.2

Having eyes that do not look in the same direction

is the same idea but uses a different label for it

S

strabismic

vsskew-eyed

• Specialized

9.7

Having one eye that does not look in the same direction as the other eye

is a plain descriptive phrase rather than a medical term

B

boss-eyed

vsskew-eyed

• UK

9.9

Having eyes that look in different directions

is the neutral descriptive expression, not an informal regional term

How Misaligned

cross-eyed

3 6.3

skew-eyed

9.3

aligned

4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology