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Meaning of swivel-eyed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Fanatical, deranged.

Examples

“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.”
Richardson, Warner, Lewis and Adamson are not swivel-eyed, right-wing loonsRichardson was Bob Hawke’s chief of staff.”
“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.”
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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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