askance
adverb /əˈskæns/, /əˈskɑːns/
/əˈskæns/
Word Originlate 15th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms Idioms
look askance (at somebody/something) | look (at somebody/something) askance
- to look at or react to somebody/something in a critical way or in a way that shows you do not trust or believe them
- The opposition party looked askance at most of the government’s proposed policies.
- She looked askance at him when he began to eat before everybody else.
- A waiter in a tuxedo looked askance at his jeans.