Askance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˈskæns|
Brit.
|əˈskæns|
adverb
- with suspicion or disapproval
he looked askance at the offer
- with a side or oblique glancedid not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes
adjective
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy (syn: askant, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed)
her eyes with their misted askance look
Extra examples
...we looked askance at the dealer's assertion that the car had never been in an accident...
A waiter looked askance at Ellis's jeans.
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