askance

askance has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• adv.. Alt. of Askant
• v. t.. To turn aside.
• a.. (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"
• adv.. with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
• adv.. with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"