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Definition of askance in English: askance(also askant) adverb əˈskɑːnsəˈskansəˈskæns With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval. the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition a waiter looked askance at his jeans Example sentencesExamples - I had looked at them a little bit askance just because of my belief system.
- The visitation staff initially looked askance at the brouhaha, but they ended up laughing hysterically at the bizarre display.
- What it does imply is that biotechnology research no longer looks askance to other fields for its metaphoric Inspiration.
- Apparently he was a loner there, too, and looked at askance, so his family moved, which they'd been planning on doing, anyway.
- Many people look askance at pension companies and pension salespeople.
- But when the blockade is prolonged, inconveniencing thousands of motorists, one has to look askance at it.
- On the contrary, the world tends to look at him askance, a fact he himself seems to recognize.
- Bonachela knows that there are people in contemporary dance who look askance at his commercial work.
- These strange creatures allegedly dress all in black and have their own subculture which decent Aucklanders look askance at.
- People look askance at the young driver as the car passes noisily by.
- Traditional British pop audiences tend to look askance at child stars.
- His hounds look askance at the waste of good hunting time.
- The public looks askance at economists because they think of them primarily as forecasters.
- It's a mysterious place to the little girl - a place where people look at her askance, and where flowers suddenly appear from nowhere on doorsteps.
- Jordan looked askance at the wrinkled clothes Aidan wore.
- Canadians might look askance at this, given their jaundiced attitude towards many things American.
- The nearest faces looked askance at me, but as I moved quickly through the crowd, I left the curious expressions behind.
- Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder.
- If people with suspiciously orange tans are to be looked at askance, so, too, are suspiciously orange fish.
- Many people looked askance at what they perceived as very ‘alternative’ thinking.
Synonyms suspiciously, with suspicion, sceptically, with misgivings, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, with distrust, doubtfully, dubiously, with doubt disapprovingly, with disapproval, with disfavour, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully suspect, mistrust, distrust disapprove of, frown on, be hostile towards
Origin Late 15th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes bromance, expanse, finance, Hans, Hanse, manse, nance, Penzance, Romance Definition of askance in US English: askance(also askant) adverbəˈskænsəˈskans With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval. the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition a waiter looked askance at Charlie's jeans Example sentencesExamples - On the contrary, the world tends to look at him askance, a fact he himself seems to recognize.
- Canadians might look askance at this, given their jaundiced attitude towards many things American.
- The nearest faces looked askance at me, but as I moved quickly through the crowd, I left the curious expressions behind.
- These strange creatures allegedly dress all in black and have their own subculture which decent Aucklanders look askance at.
- It's a mysterious place to the little girl - a place where people look at her askance, and where flowers suddenly appear from nowhere on doorsteps.
- I had looked at them a little bit askance just because of my belief system.
- His hounds look askance at the waste of good hunting time.
- Apparently he was a loner there, too, and looked at askance, so his family moved, which they'd been planning on doing, anyway.
- Jordan looked askance at the wrinkled clothes Aidan wore.
- But when the blockade is prolonged, inconveniencing thousands of motorists, one has to look askance at it.
- If people with suspiciously orange tans are to be looked at askance, so, too, are suspiciously orange fish.
- Many people look askance at pension companies and pension salespeople.
- Bonachela knows that there are people in contemporary dance who look askance at his commercial work.
- What it does imply is that biotechnology research no longer looks askance to other fields for its metaphoric Inspiration.
- Traditional British pop audiences tend to look askance at child stars.
- Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder.
- People look askance at the young driver as the car passes noisily by.
- Many people looked askance at what they perceived as very ‘alternative’ thinking.
- The visitation staff initially looked askance at the brouhaha, but they ended up laughing hysterically at the bizarre display.
- The public looks askance at economists because they think of them primarily as forecasters.
Synonyms suspiciously, with suspicion, sceptically, with misgivings, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, with distrust, doubtfully, dubiously, with doubt
Origin Late 15th century: of unknown origin. |