askance

  • (s) (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, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty,
  • (r) with suspicion or disapproval
    • he looked askance at the offer
  • (r) with a side or oblique glance
    • did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes

Synonyms

askant asquint sidelong squint squint-eyed squinty

Words of close approximity

askant