look askance
To express doubtTo express doubt.
» She looked at me askance, not believing I could have said something so foolish.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To express doubt.
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
Forms
looks askance, looking askance, looked askance, looked askance| Base form | look askance · to look askance |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | looks askance |
| Present participle | looking askance |
| Past simple | looked askance |
| Past participle | looked askance |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.