askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
(adjective) (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”
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”
askance
(adverb) with suspicion or disapproval; “he looked askance at the offer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
askance (not comparable)
(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
Sideways; obliquely.
• (with disapproval, skepticism): skeptically, suspiciously
• (sideways, obliquely): obliquely, sideways
askance (not comparable)
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
• (turned to the side): oblique, sideways, askew
askance (third-person singular simple present askances, present participle askancing, simple past and past participle askanced)
(rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
(rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
Source: Wiktionary
A*skance", A*skant", adv. Etym: [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
Definition: Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
A*skance", v. t.
Definition: To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
