askanceadverb
uk/əˈskɑːns/us/əˈskæns/look askance
to look at or think about someone or something with doubt, disapproval, or no trust:
They looked askance at our scruffy clothes.
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Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- chary
- conflicted
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- insecure
- jury
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- the jury is (still) out idiom
- unclear
- wobble
- wobbly
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Cautious and vigilant