All look askance synonyms

verb look askance

• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• moan — a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• lament — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• grumble — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
• gripe — Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
• fret — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
• peek — to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
• peep — to utter the short, shrill little cry of a young bird, a mouse, etc.; cheep; squeak.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
• reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• judge — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
• contemn — to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
• bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
• repine — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
• grouse — any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.