look askance at

look askance at (someone or something)

To view or regard someone or something in a disapproving or distrustful manner. I can't understand why everyone in this club is looking askance at me. Am I not wearing the right clothes? Some people look askance at these institutions, but I believe they are beneficial to the public.
See also: askance, look
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

look askance at someone or something

Fig. to be surprised or shocked at someone or something. The teacher looked askance at the student who had acted so rudely. Everyone had looked askance at her efforts as an artist.
See also: askance, look
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • askance
  • look askance
  • look askance at (someone or something)
  • look sideways at
  • look sideways at (someone or something)
  • look askance upon (someone or something)
  • unite
  • unite against
  • unite against (someone or something)
  • united
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"In the long run, it could even hurt your employability inChina, becauseUS governmentis going to look askance at Chinese firms that hire former cyber spies," said Baker, a partner withSteptoe& Johnson LLP.
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While the DOJ will rarely demand the involvement of the board, it may look askance at an investigation that is conducted by senior management when members of that group are implicated.
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security issues, and Europe should not look askance at Azerbaijan, he recommended.
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This is a very ambitious goal to say the least, the reason being that the states and the EP already look askance at mandatory solidarity between national resolution funds as proposed in the directive establishing a framework for the resolution of distressed banks in the 27, currently on the negotiating table (see Europolitics 4593 and 4624).
ECOFIN COUNCIL : COMMISSION TO PROPOSE COMMON BANK RESOLUTION FUND
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE Tuesday, Film4, Tuesday, 6.50pm, An amusing look askance at Windsor Castle, as quacks try to reacquaint George III (Nigel Hawthorne, right) with reason.
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Absent that, the Legislature should look askance at any attempt to a return to hiding PERS retiree information from the people who foot the bill.
Let disclosures continue
Separately, Alliance members may look askance at or at a minimum may be skeptical regarding some U.S.
The Future of NATO
He said: "People will certainly look askance at him.
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He did his best to look askance at Musetta's spoony behavior at the Momus before ending up in a heavy-duty lip-lock with her.
Hamilton