askance

askance /əs'kæns/ (askant) /əs'kænt/
  • phó từ
    • về một bên, nghiêng
    • (nghĩa bóng) nghi ngờ, ngờ vực
      • to look askance at someone: (nghĩa bóng) nhìn ai một cách ngờ vực

Xem thêm: askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong



askance

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong

    her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances

    adv.

  • 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


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: sideways