She looked at me askance, not believing I could have said something so foolish.
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Askance
//əˈskæns//
Synonyms for "askance" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
laterallyobliqueobliquelyon its sideon the beamon the other handout of corner of one's eyereproachfullyright and leftsidelingsidewardsidewardssidewaysidewayssidewisesidlingskewskewedsquintingsuspiciously
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Adjective(3 words)
Adverb(4 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Synonyms
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λοξός adv (of look: with disapproval)
- λοξός adv (sideways, obliquely)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изкосо adv (sideways, obliquely)
- накриво adv (sideways, obliquely)
- подозрително adv (of look: with disapproval)
Catalan
1 entries- de cua d'ull adv (of look: with disapproval)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不贊成地 /不赞成地 adv (of look: with disapproval)
- 傾斜地 /倾斜地 adv (sideways, obliquely)
- 懷疑地 /怀疑地 adv (of look: with disapproval)
Czech
2 entries- úkosem adv (of look: with disapproval)
- úkosem adv (sideways, obliquely)
Dutch
2 entries- misprijzend adv (of look: with disapproval)
- zijdelings adv (sideways, obliquely)
Finnish
3 entries- karsaasti adv (of look: with disapproval)
- nurkkasilmällä adv (sideways, obliquely)
- sivuttain adv (sideways, obliquely)
French
2 entries- avec méfiance adv (of look: with disapproval)
- de travers adv (of look: with disapproval)
Galician
3 entries- de esguello adv (of look: with disapproval)
- de esguello adv (sideways, obliquely)
- de reollo adv (sideways, obliquely)
German
4 entries- ablehnend adv (of look: with disapproval)
- quer adv (sideways, obliquely)
- schief adv (sideways, obliquely)
- seitwärts adv (sideways, obliquely)
Italian
4 entries- di traverso adv (sideways, obliquely)
- in cagnesco adv (of look: with disapproval)
- obliquamente adv (sideways, obliquely)
- storto adv (of look: with disapproval)
Japanese
3 entries- 斜めに adv (sideways, obliquely)
- 横目で adv (sideways, obliquely)
- 疑わしそうに adv (of look: with disapproval)
Korean
1 entries- 삐딱하게 adv (of look: with disapproval)
Macedonian
2 entries- накосо adv (sideways, obliquely)
- напреку adv (of look: with disapproval)
Māori
2 entries- korotaha adv (sideways, obliquely)
- kōtaha adv (sideways, obliquely)
Portuguese
4 entries- de esguelha adv (sideways, obliquely)
- de lado adv (sideways, obliquely)
- de soslaio adv (sideways, obliquely)
- torto adv (of look: with disapproval)
Russian
4 entries- и́скоса adv (sideways, obliquely)
- ко́со adv (sideways, obliquely)
- кри́во adv (sideways, obliquely)
- на́бок adv (sideways, obliquely)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- iskosa adv (sideways, obliquely)
- podozrivo adv (of look: with disapproval)
- popr(ij)eko adv (sideways, obliquely)
Spanish
4 entries- con recelo adv (of look: with disapproval)
- de reojo adv (sideways, obliquely)
- de soslayo adv (sideways, obliquely)
- de través adv (sideways, obliquely)
Swedish
1 entries- misstroget adv (of look: with disapproval)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
She looked at him askance.
Source: tatoeba (10744341)
The young man is concerned, however, that as a result of the terrorist attack Americans might begin to look askance at all Middle Easteners.
Source: tatoeba (11240516)
He looked at me askance.
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