All look askance synonyms

verb look askance

• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• indict — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
• bitch — If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
• differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
• nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
• beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
• refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
• grieve — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
• whimper — to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• deplore — If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
• carp — A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• groan — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
• wail — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• ascribe — If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
• growl — to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
• bemoan — If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
• snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
• lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
• gainsay — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• yammer — to whine or complain.
• whine — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
• demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
• impute — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
• look — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• squinch — a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.
• cut up — If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• get after — to pursue or attack
• pick apart — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
• take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
• tear apart — rip to pieces
• find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• kick up a fuss — (Idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality.
• make a fuss — complain about sth
• sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
• take exception to — object to sth