Synonyms of askance

askance

adverb

variants also askant

as in suspiciously

with distrust

we looked askance at the dealer's assertion that the car had never been in an accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suspiciously
• sideways
• incredulously
• warily
• skeptically
• doubtfully
• distrustfully
• dubiously
• anxiously
• with a grain of salt
• doubtingly
• critically
• quizzically
• negatively
• questioningly
• uncomfortably
• hesitantly
• mistrustfully
• hesitatingly
• unbelievingly
• disapprovingly
• reproachfully
• guardedly
• uneasily
• cynically
• unfavorably
• reprovingly
• apprehensively
• disparagingly
• deprecatingly
• charily
• captiously
• reproachingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• positively
• approvingly
• favorably
• trustingly
• confidently
• trustfully
• uncritically
• unquestioningly
• sanguinely
• credulously

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