[しりめにかける, shirimenikakeru] (exp, v1) (1) to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (2) (arch) to cast an amorous glance at [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Askance \A*skance"\, Askant \A*skant"\, adv. [Cf. D. schuin,
schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf.
{Asquint}.]
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy,
or suspicion.
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They dart away; they wheel askance. --Beattie.
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My palfrey eyed them askance. --Landor.
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Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
--Gladstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Askance \A*skance"\, v. t.
To turn aside. [Poet.]
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O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes!
--Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
askance
adv 1: with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the
offer"
2: with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the
way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
adj 1: (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" [syn: {askance}, {askant}, {asquint}, {squint},
{squint-eyed}, {squinty}, {sidelong}]
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