askance
Meaning of askance
- To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
- To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
adjective
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
adverb- (of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
- Sideways; obliquely.
Information about askance
- The plural form of askance is: askances.
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Hyphenation of askance
askance
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- askance is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
askance synonyms
Meaning askant:
askant, asquint, squint, squinty, sidelong
Meaning :
askew, oblique, sideways, obliquely, skeptically, suspiciously
Translation of askance
- Italian: sospettoso, diffidente, obliquo
- German: misstrauisch, seitwärts
- Spanish: desconfiado, suspicaz, receloso, sospechosa, desconfiada
- French: méfiant
Words that rhyme with askance
ance, saance, absorbance, bobance, disturbance, indisturbance, nondisturbance, perturbance, predisturbance, reprobance, undisturbance, impeccance, insignificance, nonsignificance, omnisignificance, presignificance, scance, signficance, significance, vacance, Sundance, abidance, abondance, abundance, accordance, adance, aidance, appendance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, biddance, breakdance, clogdance, concordance, condordance, contradance, contredance, counterdance, dance, dependance, descendance, disaccordance, discordance, disregardance, exceedance, exundance, forbiddance, foreguidance, guidance