English-Thai Dictionary

askance

ADV ค้อน  ด้วย ลักษณะ ที่ มอง ด้าน ข้าง  เหลือบมอง ด้าน ข้าง  obliquely khon-duai-lak-sa-na-ti-mong-dan-khang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASKANCE, ASKANT

adv. sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASKANCE; ASKANT

A *skance ", A *skant ", adv. Etym: [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint. ]

 

Defn: Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor.Both. .. were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.

 

ASKANCE

ASKANCE A *skance ", v. t.

 

Defn: To turn aside. [Poet. ] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

askance

a skance |əˈskans əˈskæns |(also askant |əˈskant |) ▶adverb with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval: the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition | a waiter looked askance at Charlie's jeans. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

askance

askance |əˈskans, əˈskɑːns |(also askant |-ˈskant, -ˈskɑːnt |) ▶adverb with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval: the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition | a waiter looked askance at his jeans. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

askance

askance adverb they look askance at anything foreign: suspiciously, skeptically, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, doubtfully, dubiously; disapprovingly, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully. ANTONYMS approvingly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

askance

askance adverb 1 she looked askance at her neighbour: obliquely, sideways, indirectly, out of the corner of one's eye. 2 they look askance at almost anything foreign: suspiciously, with suspicion, sceptically, with misgivings, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, with distrust, doubtfully, dubiously, with doubt; disapprovingly, with disapproval, with disfavour, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully; suspect, mistrust, distrust; disapprove of, frown on, be hostile towards. ANTONYMS welcomingly, approvingly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

askance

a skance a skant /əskǽns //əskǽnt /副詞 疑い [非難, 不信 ]の念をもって ; いぶかしげに ▸ look askance at A Aはだめだと思う