askew
13
6.0
- adjective
- /əˈskju/
:
torcido
- Your tie is all askew.
Our dark ties are slightly Askew on our white shirts.
- Our dark ties are slightly Askew on our white shirts.
- Well, they stop exercising and everything else can go Askew.
- And so when something goes Askew, people look to the leadership to see, you know, are they are they sweating?
- Only now, in this unrelated situation had he for a moment lost the sense that things were in the constant process of going Askew.
- And, and, and how is your clearly the way that you kind of do what you do is a little bit Askew from the typical rabbi.
Examples
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Her picture frame hung slightly askew, making the wall look uneven.
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A framed diploma, dusty and unkempt, hangs askew on the wall.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her eyes are slightly askew.
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Everything is just a little askew.
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I was just trying a spell to trim his hair, and it went a little askew.
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Her life belt was knocked askew, so she took some time to straighten it out.
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Her lips were somewhat swollen, and her hair was slightly askew, but it would do.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mantlepiece, with smashed photos lying askew, could be seen through the clear washed glass.
Fiction book (1994) -
The jeep was a mess, charcoaled in bits, with frayed metal and a wheel askew in the air.
Fiction book (1992) -
The "Ripley Auto Finishing" sign hangs askew over the doorway.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
58
2.5
Not straight in shape, like a path or a smile
19
4.3
Uneven because one side is lower, smaller, or heavier
9
3.3
Placed at a slant so it is not straight up or flat
7
7.5
Not straight or level and a little strange
6
3.9
Sloping so one end is higher than the other
6
7.7
Not steady or straight and likely to wobble
5
4.7
Not straight or level and often wrong because of a personal view
5
7.5
Slanting, not straight up or straight across
2
6.8
Not in the correct position and turned to one side
1
4.4
Leaning to one side and not level
1
7.0
Twisted to one side so it is not straight
Not straight or level but turned a little to one side
Leaning to one side and not straight, like a picture on a wall
A thing that leans to one side and does not stand straight
Not straight or level and leaning to one side
Tilting at an angle, not straight up or flat
At an angle, not straight
Leaning to one side and not straight
Slanting to one side, not straight up or flat
Not upright and slanting to one side
Not straight or level, often tilted
Placed at an angle so it is not straight
Antonyms
How Crooked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Askew comes from the prefix a- meaning 'on' or 'in' and the word skew meaning 'slant' or 'tilt', the same root you see in the word skew; a helpful image is something 'on a slant'. So, askew literally means 'on a slant', which is why we use it for something not straight or level.