askance

1. 1.

   with suspicion or disapproval

   “he looked askance at the offer”
2. 2.

   with a side or oblique glance

   “did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes”

1. 1.

   (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

   “her eyes with their misted askance look”

   “sidelong glances”

   Synonymsaskantasquintsquintsquint-eyedsquintysidelong

   Similarindirect

Questions about askance

What does askance mean?

askance means "with suspicion or disapproval". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in askance?

askance has 2 syllables: a-skance. The stress falls on "skance". In IPA it is /əˈskæns/.

What is another word for askance?

Close synonyms include askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is askance a common word?

askance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.