askance
- adverb
- /əˈskæns/
:
desconfiado
- You should not look askance at someone's choice just because it is different from yours.
The World Trade Organization often looks askance at US anti dumping tariffs.
- The World Trade Organization often looks askance at US anti dumping tariffs.
- And environmental regulations tend to be looked askance by conservatives if they're also expensive.
Examples
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The teacher looked askance at the student's excuse for being late.
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The World Trade Organization often looks askance at US anti dumping tariffs.
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He was He even began to look slightly askance at Robert Frost.
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And, you know, I, I was a little, you know, askance about it to begin with, 'cause, you know, the, the whole commerce of it all.
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And environmental regulations tend to be looked askance by conservatives if they're also expensive.
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Don't you look askance at her Tanya with your son Paku eyes or else I'm getting a divorce.
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Did you dress yourself this morning?" asked Annabelle, eyeing askance the mismatched buttons and buttonholes on her son's waist-length green velvet jacket.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's just been my experience (as I said before, that's what I have to go by) that atheists and agnostics don't generally bring up the question of your religious belief within the first few conversations they have with you and then eyeball you askance based on your answer.
Blog text (16) -
She glanced askance at the proposal, unsure about its implications.
Synonyms
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3.8
In a way that shows you do not trust someone
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4.4
Showing doubt that something is true
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6.8
In a way that shows you do not believe something
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7.4
Angled toward one side, often used for looks or glances
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3.3
In a way that shows doubt or a wish to know more
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6.1
In a way that seems dishonest or not trustworthy
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6.1
In a way that shows you do not think something is true
Looking to one side with doubt or suspicion
Looking to one side with doubt or suspicion
In a way that shows doubt about what someone wants
Antonyms
How Suspicious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Askance probably comes from old words meaning 'to the side' or 'turned'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the a- part plus a root like skance that sounds a bit like 'skew', so to look askance is to give a 'sideways' look of 'doubt' or 'disapproval'.