askance English

Meaning askance meaning

What does askance mean?

askance

— adverb with a side or oblique glance did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes

— adverb with suspicion or disapproval he looked askance at the offer

— adjective (= sidelong) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy her eyes with their misted askance look — Elizabeth Bowen sidelong glances

Synonyms askance synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as askance?

askance English » English

asquint

askew

squinty

squint-eyed

squint

sidelong

askant

suspiciously

slantwise

sideways

obliquely

crookedly

awry

warily

sideway

mistrustfully

distrustfully

bias

aslope

aslant

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• What words refer to looking at someone in a disapproving way?
  give someone a disapproving look give someone a dirty look frown look askance