We found 24 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word askance:
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 General (22 matching dictionaries)
- askance: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- askance: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- askance: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Askance: Wiktionary [home, info]
- askance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- askance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- askance: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Askance, askance: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- askance: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- Askance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- askance: Rhymezone [home, info]
- Askance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- askance: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- askance: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- askance: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- askance: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- askance: Idioms [home, info]
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Quick definitions (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")
▸ adverb: with a side or oblique glance ("Did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes")
▸ adverb: with suspicion or disapproval ("He looked askance at the offer")
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