askance
Of a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicionOf a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
» She looked at me askance, not believing I could have said something so foolish.
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2 senses(not comparable)Of a glance or look: with disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
skeptisch, ablehnend
с подозре́ниемs podozrénijem, подозри́тельноpodozrítelʹno, неодобри́тельноneodobrítelʹno
with suspicion or disapproval
(not comparable)Obliquely, sideways.
schief, seitwärts, quer
и́скосаískosa, ко́соkóso, кри́воkrívo
Examples
4 sentencesShe looked at me askance, not believing I could have said something so foolish.
She looked at him askance.
ruОна искоса посмотрела на него. — sharptoothed
deSie sah ihn schief an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He looked at me askance.
Mary whispered something in Tom's ear, and now he's looking at me askance.
deMaria flüsterte Tom irgendwas ins Ohr, und jetzt sieht er mich schief an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hiUnknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).
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