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look askance

look askance verb: to express doubt.

Verb

look askance (third-person singular simple present looks askance, present participle looking askance, simple past and past participle looked askance)

  1. (idiomatic) To express doubt.
    • Even the Democrat voters that might look askance at a Green Party candidate, I want you guys to consider this.2026 April 22, Nathan J. Robinson, Butch Ware, “The Green Party’s Butch Ware: “I Love a Good Fight””, in Current Affairs, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2026
    Synonyms:
    squint

Synonyms of look askance

Forms of look askance

third-person singular presentlooks askance
present participlelooking askance
past participlelooked askance
pastlooked askance

Questions about look askance

What does look askance mean?
Look askance means to express doubt.
What part of speech is look askance?
Look askance is a verb.
What is the past tense of look askance?
The past tense of look askance is looked askance.

Words near look askance in the dictionary

  1. look and feels
  2. look around
  3. look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  4. look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
  5. look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
  6. look askance
  7. look at
  8. look at it this way
  9. look at me
  10. look at oneself in the mirror
  11. look at you

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