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cross-eyed

cross-eyed

3 6.3
Eyes that turn inward toward the nose
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɔsˌaɪd/
translation icon : estrábico
  • During the examination, the cross-eyed child struggled to focus on the moving object.
  • a cross-eyed look
  • a cross-eyed man

First of all, you have to pick a point in space so that you don't come off cross eyed.

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Examples

  • The central figure's foolish grin and unfocused, cross-eyed gaze signify his inebriation.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The doctor explained that being cross-eyed can affect how a person sees the world.

  • And he looks a bit cross eyed, which is just like Nala.

  • You remember Juanita, the cross-eyed daughter?

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

  • Luckily there is an end and when you finally reach it, even though you may be cross eyed or dizzy, it is a great feeling.

  • The cross-eyed attendant from the bus depot.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The cross-eyed schoolteacher who couldn't keep her pupils straight.

    Devil's Gate (2004)

  • So the guy next to me, he's shooting from a prone position, and he's cross-eyed like I told you.

    Marty (1955)

  • The cross-eyed woman had opened her mouth and shut it again, like a fish, seven times, and had waited for a cloud to pass over a tree behind her head, and had blown her breath into my face: that was the only way, she later said, for her to be able to speak to a stranger.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The blond, cross-eyed man scurried about in his rope sandals until he was inside a doorway, and he returned making gestures in every direction.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

boss-eyed
vscross-eyed
  • UK
9.9

Having eyes that look in different directions

refers specifically to eyes that turn inward toward the nose
squint-eyed
vscross-eyed
8.2

Having eyes that do not look in the same direction

is limited to inward turning rather than any misalignment
skew-eyed
vscross-eyed
9.3

A person who has eyes that look in different directions

is narrower in meaning and indicates inward turning toward the nose
strabismic
vscross-eyed
  • Specialized
9.7

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

is medical and broader than inward turning toward the nose

Antonyms

walleyed
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having eyes that turn outward and look in different directions

How Misaligned

cross-eyed
3 6.3
skew-eyed
9.3
aligned
4.2

Surface Forms

cross-eyed positive

Morphology

cross-eyed = cross + eye (transparent) = cross + eye + ed

Formed from 'cross' + the adjective-forming element '-eyed' (eye + -ed); meaning 'having crossed eyes' follows directly from the components and the productive '-eyed' pattern.

Etymology

Cross-eyed comes from cross ('to cross') and eyed ('having eyes'); imagine two eyes crossing like an X, so cross-eyed means the eyes turn inward and look toward the nose.