Synonyms of the word

askance

• adv. (of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
• adv. Sideways; obliquely.
• adj. Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.

askant

• adj. (dated) Aslant, or sloping.
• adv. (dated) Aslant, or askance, or sideways.

asquint

• adj. Looking sideways, as though warily.
• adv. With narrowed eyes.

indirect

• adj. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.

sidelong

• adj. Directed to the side; sideways.
• adj. Slanting or sloping; oblique.
• adj. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
• adv. Towards the side; sideways.
• adv. obliquely.

squint

• v. (intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
• v. (intransitive) To look or glance sideways.
• v. (intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion…
• v. (intransitive, Scotland) To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
• v. (transitive) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
• n. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
• n. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
• n. A quick or sideways glance.
• n. A short look.
• n. A hagioscope.
• n. (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased…
• adj. (Scotland) askew, not level.

squint-eyed

• adj. Having eyes that squint; cross-eyed.
• adj. Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant.

squinty

• adj. Afflicted with a squint.
• adj. sidelong.