askew

See also: Askew

English

Alternative forms

• askue, ascue, askoye, a skew

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- +‎ skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈskjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

askew

1. Turned or twisted to one side.
2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Translations

turned or twisted to one side

• Dutch: scheef (nl)
• Finnish: vino (fi)
• French: de travers (fr), de guingois (fr), de traviole (fr), oblique (fr), incliné (fr), penché (fr)
• German: schief (de), verzogen (de), verwunden (de), verbogen (de), quer (de), schräg (de), verrutscht (de)
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• Hebrew: על העוקם (al ha'ókem)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: obliquo (it)
• Spanish: torcido (es), oblicuo (es) m

untoward, unfavourable

• German: verquer, ungünstig (de)
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Adverb

askew (comparative more askew, superlative most askew)

1. Tilted to one side.

   He wore his hat askew

Translations

tilted to one side

• Finnish: kallellaan (fi), vinossa (fi)
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• German: schief (de), schräg (de), sich neigend
• Interlingue:

with disapproval

• Finnish: vinosti (fi), kieroon
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• German: mißbilligend (de), abschätzig (de)

Related terms

• skew-whiff

Anagrams

• wakes, wekas