Askance

/əˈskæns/

Synonyms for "askance" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

agee aside askant askew asquint awry broadsidebroadside oncam captiously

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (18)

catawampous censoriouslycock-a-hoopcockeyed crabwise critically crooked crookedly cynically disapprovingly distrustfully doubtfully doubtingly edgeway edgeways edgewise glancingly

Adverb(1 words)

disapprovingly

Related words (29)

laterad laterallyon its sideon the beamon the other handreproachfullyright and leftsideling sidelong sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise sidling skeptically skew skewed squinting suspiciously

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unfavorably wry

Prep_phrase(1 words)

out of the corner of one's eye

Adjective(4 words)

sidelong squint squint-eyed squinty

Adverb(2 words)

skeptically suspiciously

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

adverb of mannerattitudinal adverb

More specific

2 entries

skeptically warily

Collocations

5 entries

askance gazeaskance glanceaskance lookgaze askancelook askance

Inflections

2 entries

more askancemost askance

similar

1 entries

indirect

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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She looked at me askance, not believing I could have said something so foolish.

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She looked at him askance.

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The young man is concerned, however, that as a result of the terrorist attack Americans might begin to look askance at all Middle Easteners.

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He looked at me askance.

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