Look askant
1askant — 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 • Syn: ↑askance, ↑asquint, ↑squint, ↑squint eyed, ↑squinty, ↑ …
2Dimsightedness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Imperfect vision. >Fallacies of vision. < N PARAG:Dimsightedness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dim sight dim sight dull sight half sight short sight near sight long sight double sight astigmatic sight failing sight Sgm: N… …
3Dissent — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dissent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent Sgm: N 1 discordance discordance &c.(disagreement) 24 Sgm: N 1 difference diversity of opinion difference diversity of opinion GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 nonconformity… …
4squint — v. n. Look askant, look askance, look obliquely …
5Asquint — A*squint , adv. [Cf. {Askant}, {Squint}.] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. [1913 Webster] …
6skew — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, agee, agee jawed, angle, angle off, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, bear off, bend, bent, bias, branching off, catawampous, catawamptious, circuitousness, cockeyed,… …
7askance — [ə skans, ə skα:ns] (also askant skant, skα:nt) adverb with a look of suspicion or disapproval. Origin C15: of unknown origin …
8askance — adv. (also askant) sideways or squinting. Phrases and idioms: look askance at regard with suspicion or disapproval. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …
9squint-eyed — adjective 1. affected by strabismus • Pertains to noun: ↑squint 2. (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 • Syn:… …
10squinty — adjective 1. characterized by squinting he looked with squinty eyes • Pertains to noun: ↑squint 2. (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… …
