cross-eyedadjective
uk/ˌkrɒsˈaɪd/us/ˌkrɑːsˈaɪd/having eyes that look in towards the nose
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optic
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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Examples from literature
- He is cross-eyed, and has a thoroughly Scotch face.
- He was a tall old man, bony and cross-eyed.
- I looked at that clerk cross-eyed, and it made him squirm.
- She opened the door, and as she did so in rushed the demons, led by the cross-eyed, monkey-faced rebel.
- The young waiter's cross-eyed glance fell before her, and he bowed above the money in his hand.