Definition of Askance

Adjective

  • (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"- Elizabeth Bowen
    "sidelong glances"
    - squint eyed

Adverb

  • with a side or oblique glance
    "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
  • with suspicion or disapproval
    "he looked askance at the offer"
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Unscramble askance

92 unscramble word found using the letters askance.
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