askance

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen
- "her eyes with their misted askance look"

Adverb

with suspicion or disapproval
- "he looked askance at the offer"
with a side or oblique glance
- "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

Adv

With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
Sideways; obliquely.

Adj

Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.

Verb

To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).

Synonyms

askant, askew, asquint, oblique, obliquely, sidelong, sideways, skeptically, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, suspiciously

Scrabble Score: 13

askance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
askance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
askance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

askance is a valid Words With Friends word