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Meaning of "askance" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASKANCE

Of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASKANCE

askance  [əˈskæns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASKANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Askance is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ASKANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of askance in the English dictionary

The definition of askance in the dictionary is with an oblique glance. Other definition of askance is with doubt or mistrust.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASKANCE


bromance
ˈbrəʊmæns
calavance
ˈkæləˌvæns
cancrizans
ˈkænkrɪˌzæns
circumstances
ˈsɜːkəmstæns
cofinance
kəʊfaɪˈnæns
expanse
ɪkˈspæns
finance
fɪˈnæns
hance
hæns
Hanse
hæns
happenstance
ˈhæpənˌstæns
manse
mæns
nance
næns
Penzance
pɛnˈzæns
prefinance
ˌpriːfɪˈnæns
refinance
ˌriːfaɪˈnæns
romance
rəˈmæns
stance
stæns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASKANCE

asinico
asinine
asininely
asininity
ASIO
Asir
ask
ask after
ask for
askant
askari
asker
askesis
askew
askewness
Askey
asking price
Askja
askos
asl

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASKANCE

acceptance
accordance
advance
appearance
assistance
balance
chance
compliance
dance
distance
enhance
France
imbalance
importance
insurance
maintenance
on the chance
performance
relevance
stand a chance

Synonyms and antonyms of askance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASKANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «askance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of askance

Translation of «askance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASKANCE

Find out the translation of askance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of askance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «askance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斜眼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recelo
570 millions of speakers

English

askance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

askance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بارتياب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soslaio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বক্রভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de travers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Askance
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schief
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不信感を持って
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비스듬히
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Askance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पश्चात्ताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göz ucuyla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di traverso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukosa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

косо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiorâș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

askance
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuins
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på skjeve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of askance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASKANCE»

The term «askance» is normally little used and occupies the 122.901 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASKANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «askance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «askance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about askance

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4 QUOTES WITH «ASKANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word askance.
1
Garry Disher
At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Stuart Rose
If you are not online, people look at you askance. I think in three to four years' time people will look equally askance at you if you haven't got the ability for consumers to buy what they want, where they want and how they want.
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Robert Stack
Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space.
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Arthur Hays Sulzberger
I look askance at any movement which assists in making the peacemaker among nations merely a national warrior.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASKANCE»

Discover the use of askance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to askance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Looking Askance: Skepticism and American Art from Eakins to ...
"Beautifully written in an engaging style, this book provides a new perspective on turn-of-the-century American culture that nuances and complicates our vision of that historical moment.
Michael Leja, 2007
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Askance and Strangely: New and Selected Poems
ASKANCE AND STRANGELY NEW AND SELECTED POEMS KDMt NO PENNANT HRRI- IS TJH- OQLLBCDQM that readers of Edmund Pennant's poetry have been waiting for. Over thirty new poems complement the generous selections ...
Edmund Pennant, 1993
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McNeill's Code. (1908 Edition)
... ask(s) is unreasonable What you ( ) ask(s) is not unreasonable ASKANCE Looking askance Looked askance at ASKED Not asked If asked Unless asked Has (have) asked respecting When I (we) asked respecting Asked for Not asked for As ...
Bedford McNeill, 1908
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Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians: Who Reside ...
Askance,. lo look askance, këläbulgegwä'. Te look at him askance, këläbulgegwëdâk'. To look at it askance, këläbulgegwëdoo. Asker, Noodowoktumat' ; Booske-pebanegësit. Aslant, Sowtëdëk. Slanting downward, ëdëboogooik. Asleep ...
Silas Tertius Rand, 1888
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
ASKANCE ASK HAM. While thus their worke went on with lucky speed, And reared rammes their horned fronts aduance, The ancient foe to man, and mortall seed, His wannish eyes vpon them bent askance. Fairfax'! Tasso, book iv. We poor ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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The Natural Productions of Burmah: Or, Notes on the Fauna, ...
That is, if the snake approaches a man with its head askance, as this snake is always said to do, and the man look at it askance, and if his turban be put askance, and he be moving on the road askance, and the sun be askance descending in ...
Francis Mason, 1850
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
While thus their worke went on with lucky speed, And reared rammes their horned fronts aduanee, Tlie ancient foe to man, and mortall seed, Ills wannish eyes rpon them bent askance. Pair/ax's Tasso, book iv. We poor parcel-sainted souls ...
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845
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Burmah, its people and natural productions
That is, if the snake approaches a man with its head askance, as this snake; is always said to do, and the man look at it askance, and if his turban be put askance, and he be moving on the road askance, and the sun be askance descending in ...
Francis Mason, 1860
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Six months in British Burmah: or, India beyond the Ganges in ...
ne-soung: ' snake-oblique, man-oblique, turban-oblique, road-oblique, and sun- oblique.' That is, if the snake approaches a man with its head askance, as this snake is always said to do, and the man look at it askance, and if his turban be put ...
Christopher Tatchell Winter, 1858
10
Burmah, its people and natural productions; or, Notes on the ...
That is, if the snake approaches a man with its head askance, as this snake is always said to do, and the man look at it askance, and if his turban be put askance, and he be moving on the road askance, and the sun be askance descending in ...
Francis Mason, 1860

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASKANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term askance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do the Pope and I live on the same planet?
The encyclical also looks askance at economic growth: “[T]he growth of the past two centuries has not always led to…an improvement in the ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Lewis Hamilton edges out rival Nico Rosberg for pole as he targets …
Rosberg tilted back in his chair and looked down and askance at Hamilton, the man of the day who laughed and joked at the Press conference. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Keegan: Behave and you'll fit right in
I found out later, after I had won them over, that at first my neighbors looked askance at me. Oh, dear God, a single female renter. Well, there ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
4
Splish splash, no more taking a bath
My male friends look a little askance when I show up smelling like a floral coconut bouquet. I think that after all these shower years, I'd feel kind ... «Catskill Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
OUR VIEW: Rescue squad faces long road back
A former treasurer was charged with embezzling more than $93,000 from the squad a few years ago and that caused many to look askance at ... «Gadsden Times, Jul 15»
6
Itching to pass moral judgement
The reason these detractors are looking askance at the successes of athetes such as Farah is obviously that they are jealous. Otherwise why ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
7
Op-Ed: Supreme Disappointment
... I have been told by these officials that voting in favor of same-sex marriage is not about endorsing a lifestyle that Torah looks at askance but ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
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Tsipras Is Wrong: IMF Report Does Not Back Idea Greece's Debt Is …
So, that's what Tsipras said and yet Tsipras is a politician so we know that we've got to look askance at what he says. Treat it with all the ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
Road tax changes: how to buy your new digital tax disc
... fears that foreign police might look askance at vehicles not displaying any tax documentation. The British government says that the European ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
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US Committed to 'unified' Syria, in Communication With PYD
Ankara has looked askance as PYD forces, backed by U.S.-led air strikes, have pushed back ISIL fighters from Syrian towns near the Turkish ... «AINA, Jul 15»

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