Side+glance

  • 91askance — /euh skans /, adv. 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely. Also, askant /euh skant /. [1520 30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure orig.] Syn. 1. skeptically …

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  • 92gloat — 1570s, to look at furtively, from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. glotta to grin, smile scornfully, show the teeth, Swedish dialectal glotta to peep; or from M.H.G. glotzen to stare, gape. Sense of to look at with malicious satisfaction first… …

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  • 93ogle — n. Side glance, leer, fond look …

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  • 94askance — adv 1. suspiciously, mistrustfully, distrustfully, dubiously, doubtfully; disapprovingly, unapprovingly, disdainfully, scornfully, askew. 2. sideways, obliquely, indirectly, evasively, slyly, out of the corner of one s eye, with a side glance;… …

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  • 95flirtation — n 1. coquetry, flirting, vamping, affectation of love, gallantry; trifling, toying, dallying, dalliance, philandering; wooing, Inf. sparking, courting, billing and cooing, necking, petting, Inf. spooning, serenading; googoo eyes, sheep s eyes,… …

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  • 96askance — a•skance [[t]əˈskæns[/t]] also a•skant [[t]əˈskænt[/t]] adv. 1) with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely 2) with suspicion or disapproval; skeptically • Etymology: 1520–30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure orig …

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  • 97askance — /əsˈkæns / (say uhs kans) adverb 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: he looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sideways. Also, askant /əsˈkænt/ (say uhs kant). {origin uncertain} …

  • 98leer — I. /lɪə / (say lear) noun 1. a side glance, especially of sly or insulting suggestion or significance. –verb (i) 2. to look with a leer. {special use of obsolete leer cheek, Old English hlēor} –leering, adjective –leeringly, adverb II. /lɪə /… …

  • 99παράβλεμμα — side glance neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 100demurely — adverb in a demure manner the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side glance at her • Derived from adjective: ↑demure …

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