Meanings
adjectivecross-eyed (comparative more cross-eyed, superlative most cross-eyed)
comparative more cross-eyed · superlative most cross-eyed · alternative crosseyed
- Having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily.
Synonyms: boss-eyed, squint-eyed, cockeyed, esotropia · Antonyms: walleyed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily.
Opposite
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Translations
Arabic أَحْوَل
- أَحْوَل (ʔaḥwal)having both eyes oriented inward
Basque betoker
- betokerhaving both eyes oriented inward
Bulgarian кривоглед
- кривоглед (krivogled)having both eyes oriented inward
Catalan guerxo, estràbic
- guerxohaving both eyes oriented inward
- estràbichaving both eyes oriented inward
- guenyohaving both eyes oriented inward
Chinese Mandarin 斗眼的, 斜眼的
- 斗眼的 (dòuyǎn de)having both eyes oriented inward
- 斜眼的 (xiéyǎn de)having both eyes oriented inward
- 斜視的 /斜视的 (xiéshì de)having both eyes oriented inward
Czech šilhavý
- šilhavýhaving both eyes oriented inward
Dutch scheel
- scheelhaving both eyes oriented inward
Finnish kierosilmäinen
- kierosilmäinenhaving both eyes oriented inward
French bigle, bigleux
- biglehaving both eyes oriented inward
- bigleuxhaving both eyes oriented inward
German schielend, scheel
- schielendhaving both eyes oriented inward
- scheelhaving both eyes oriented inward
Hungarian bandzsa, kancsal
- bandzsahaving both eyes oriented inward
- kancsalhaving both eyes oriented inward
Icelandic rangeygður
- rangeygðurhaving both eyes oriented inward
Indonesian juling
- julinghaving both eyes oriented inward
Irish claonsúileach
- claonsúileachhaving both eyes oriented inward
Italian strabico
- strabicohaving both eyes oriented inward
Japanese 寄り目の, 内斜視の
- 寄り目の (yorime no)having both eyes oriented inward
- 内斜視の (naishashi no)having both eyes oriented inward
Malay juling
- julinghaving both eyes oriented inward
Māori karu rewha, rewha
- karu rewhahaving both eyes oriented inward
- rewhahaving both eyes oriented inward
Persian لوچ, قیچ
- لوچ (luč)having both eyes oriented inward
- قیچ (qič)having both eyes oriented inward
Polish zezowaty
- zezowatyhaving both eyes oriented inward
Portuguese vesgo, estrábico
- vesgohaving both eyes oriented inward
- estrábicohaving both eyes oriented inward
- truscohaving both eyes oriented inward
- virolhohaving both eyes oriented inward
Russian косогла́зый, косо́й
- косогла́зый (kosoglázyj)having both eyes oriented inward
- косо́й (kosój)having both eyes oriented inward
Slovak škuľavý
- škuľavýhaving both eyes oriented inward
Spanish bizco, estrábico
- bizcohaving both eyes oriented inward
- estrábicohaving both eyes oriented inward
- ojituertohaving both eyes oriented inward
- virolohaving both eyes oriented inward
- luscohaving both eyes oriented inward
- chejohaving both eyes oriented inward
- quisnetohaving both eyes oriented inward
- virecohaving both eyes oriented inward
- bizcoretohaving both eyes oriented inward
- bisojohaving both eyes oriented inward
- bizcornetohaving both eyes oriented inward
- bizcornetahaving both eyes oriented inward
Tagalog duling
- dulinghaving both eyes oriented inward
Turkish şaşı
- şaşıhaving both eyes oriented inward
Vietnamese lé
- léhaving both eyes oriented inward
Welsh llygatgroes, llygatgam
- llygatgroeshaving both eyes oriented inward
- llygatgamhaving both eyes oriented inward
Yiddish קאַסאָקע
- קאַסאָקע (kasoke)having both eyes oriented inward
Cite this entry
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cross-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-eyed
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“cross-eyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-eyed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-eyed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-eyed.
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