swivel-eyed
swivel-eyed adjective: fanatical, deranged.
Adjective
swivel-eyed (comparative more swivel-eyed, superlative most swivel-eyed)
- Fanatical, deranged.
- He will rattle into Canberra surrounded by a coterie of swivel-eyed trusties like Peta Credlin as chief of staff, Andrew Bolt as media director and Greg Sheridan as national security adviser.2017, Alex Mitchell, Turnbull – waving or drowning?
- Richardson, Warner, Lewis and Adamson are not swivel-eyed, right-wing loons — Richardson was Bob Hawke’s chief of staff.2019, Greg Sheridan, New Chinese era of living dangerously
Examples of swivel-eyed in a sentence
- It seems that the Lib Dems’ policy to revoke Article 50 without a referendum has disturbed the sensibilities of all but the most swivel-eyed Remainers.2019, Michael Moszynski, Labour’s dire general election campaign:
- Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat' issues which he hopes the Tory right will support.2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
Forms of swivel-eyed
| comparative | more swivel-eyed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most swivel-eyed |
Questions about swivel-eyed
- What does swivel-eyed mean?
- Swivel-eyed means fanatical, deranged.
- How do you use swivel-eyed in a sentence?
- It seems that the Lib Dems’ policy to revoke Article 50 without a referendum has disturbed the sensibilities of all but the most swivel-eyed Remainers.
- What part of speech is swivel-eyed?
- Swivel-eyed is an adjective.
Words near swivel-eyed in the dictionary
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