- Types Of Speech
- You can use askance as a adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Askance
- A 2 syllables adverb and 7 letters with the letters a, c, e, k, n, and s, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter a. Askance starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters a, as, ask, aska, askan, and the ending characters are e, ce, nce, ance, kance, ..
- Definition
- (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"
- School Grade
- Askance is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with e, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is askance a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Askance in Pig Latin is said as "askanceay or askanceway".
- Unigram
- a | s | k | a | n | c | e
- Bigram
- as | sk | ka | an | nc | ce
- Trigram
- ask | ska | kan | anc | nce
- Quadrigram
- aska | skan | kanc | ance
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- (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"
- Adverb Examples
- with a side or oblique glance;
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes" - with suspicion or disapproval;
"he looked askance at the offer"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdominal External Oblique Muscle | |
| Accumbent | lying down in a position of comfort or rest |
| Amiss | in an imperfect or faulty way "The lobe was imperfectly developed" "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen |
| Aside | a message that departs from the main subject |
| Askance | (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" |
| Askant | (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" |
| Askew | turned or twisted toward one side "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" |
| Aslant | having an oblique or slanted direction |
| Aslope | having an oblique or slanted direction |
| Asquint | (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" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Askance
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Askance | (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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in askance. Words With The Letters Acekns
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanneck (8 letters) | 17 +4 | 20 +5 | swanneck | ||
| Swan Neck (9 letters) | |||||
| Askance (7 letters) | 13 | 15 | askance |
Askance Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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