askance

View results from: Wordnet | Webster | Wiktionary | Easton

askance in WordNet English dictionary

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 askance
with suspicion or disapproval
"he looked askance at the offer"
askance askance

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 askant asquint squint squint-eyed squinty sidelong

English dictionary

This English dictionary allows you to look up English keywords in several large English dictionaries at the same time. These English dictionaries are currently available: WordNet English dictionary, Webster's unabridged English dictionary, English wiktionary and Easton's bible dictionary. This English dictionary contains about 300 000 unique keywords and about 600 000 unique definitions. English example sentences containing the entered keyword are also listed. More definitions at: Definitions.net

Languages

Universal dictionary
English dictionary
Basic vocabulary
Vocabulary trainer
Flashcards
Picture dictionary

Basic phrases

Greetings
Contact
Questions
Restaurant
Shopping

Learn online

English
French
German
Spanish
Russian
Chinese