askance

• 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"

Synonyms:

• askance
• askant
• asquint
• squint
• squint-eyed
• squinty
• sidelong

Rule

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

Synonyms:

• askance

Rule

with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

Synonyms:

• askance