look askance at (someone or something)
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
look askance
View with mistrust, as in They looked askance at him when he said he'd just made a million in the stock market. The precise feeling conveyed by this expression has varied since it was first used in the 1500s, from envy to contempt to suspicion, although the literal meaning was "look obliquely, with a side glance." The present sense dates from about 1800. Also see look sideways.
See also: askance, look
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- askance
- look askance
- look askance at
- look sideways at
- look sideways at (someone or something)
- look askance upon (someone or something)
- unite
- unite against
- unite against (someone or something)
- united