7 Letters
4 Consonants
3 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use askance as a adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Askance
A 2 syllables adverb and 7 letters with the letters a, c, e, k, n, and s, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter a. Askance starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters a, as, ask, aska, askan, and the ending characters are e, ce, nce, ance, kance, ..
Definition
(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"
School Grade
Askance is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with e, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is askance a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Askance in Pig Latin is said as "askanceay or askanceway".
Unigram
a | s | k | a | n | c | e
Bigram
as | sk | ka | an | nc | ce
Trigram
ask | ska | kan | anc | nce
Quadrigram
aska | skan | kanc | ance
Word Gram
Adjective Satellite Examples
(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"
Adverb Examples
with a side or oblique glance;
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
with suspicion or disapproval;
"he looked askance at the offer"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Askance"

There are 211 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to askance.

SynonymDefinition
Abdominal External Oblique Muscle
Accumbentlying down
in a position of comfort or rest
Amissin an imperfect or faulty way
"The lobe was imperfectly developed"
"Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen
Asidea message that departs from the main subject
Askance(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(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"
Askewturned or twisted toward one side
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
Aslanthaving an oblique or slanted direction
Aslopehaving an oblique or slanted direction
Asquint(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"

View all cognitive synonyms for Askance

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from askance.

Anagram Definition
Askance(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"

View English words with the unique letters used in askance. Words With The Letters Acekns

Similar Words

There are 1 words that are similar to "Askance".

Similar WordDefinition
Indirectnot direct in spatial dimension;
not leading by a straight line or course to a destination;
"sometimes taking an indirect path saves time";
"must take an indirect couse in sailing"

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word askance.

Is askance a scrabble word or can you use askance in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 771969 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 907835 games. This 7 letter 13 point scrabble word can be rearranged 2,520 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, c, e, k, n, and s? There's 3 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, c, e, k, n, and s. Here is a list of 3 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Swanneck (8 letters) 17 +4 20 +5 swanneck
Swan Neck (9 letters)
Askance (7 letters) 13 15 askance





     

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