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Synonyms for look askance
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for look askance Other synonyms for the word look askance
- abuse
- animadvert
- ascribe
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- blame
- carp
- carp at
- cavil
- charge
- cock the eye
- contemn
- contravene
- cut up
- defy
- demur
- denigrate
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- disapprove
- disparage
- dissent
- expostulate
- exprobate
- find fault
- find fault with
- fret
- fuss
- gainsay
- get after
- grieve
- gripe
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- impugn
- impute
- incriminate
- indict
- judge
- kick up a fuss
- knock
- lament
- lay
- lecture
- look
- look askance
- look cross-eyed
- make a fuss
- moan
- nag
- object
- oppose
- ostracize
- peek
- peep
- pick apart
- protest
- pull apart
- read out
- rebuff
- rebuke
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- screw up eyes
- snivel
- sound off
- squinch
- take exception to
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- upbraid
- wail
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
Définition of look askance
- As in squint : verb scrunch up eyes when viewing
- As in censure : verb condemn; criticize severely
- As in complain : verb grumble about
- There was no narrow exclusiveness about this place, no one could look askance at her here.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- Dialstone Lane was at first disposed to look askance at Mr. Tasker.
- Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
- I think the blouses must look askance at these satraps of the desert.
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- The other Nambūtiris look askance at these, and neither marry nor dine with them.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The villagers of Bere look askance upon the dwellers on this eyrie.
- Extract from : « The Hardy Country » by Charles G. Harper
- Why, then, should he look askance at my book, which is no more than memories of my spring days?
- Extract from : « Memoirs of My Dead Life » by George Moore
- I am not quarrelsome; but when a man seems to look askance at me, that irritates me.
- Extract from : « Monsieur Cherami » by Charles Paul de Kock
- Mrs. Brackett must have seen Kennedy and me exchange a look askance at the name.
- Extract from : « The Social Gangster » by Arthur B. Reeve
- No one could look askance at poor Ralph Dacre's young widow.
- Extract from : « The Lamp in the Desert » by Ethel M. Dell
- Only at rare times he got a look askance, which did not seem to bode any good.
- Extract from : « Dame Care » by Hermann Sudermann
Antonyms for look askance
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