"askew" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-askew.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-askew.wav [US]
enPR: ə-skyo͞oʹ Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|á ská||askew, askance}} Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), {{prefix|en|a|skew}} a- + skew, {{cog|is|á ská||diagonally}} Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), {{cog|da|skrå||slanting, oblique}} Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), {{cog|de|Schräge||slope, slant}} German Schräge (“slope, slant”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} askew
  1. Turned or twisted to one side. Translations (turned or twisted to one side): (wāi) (Chinese Mandarin), scheef (Dutch), vino (Finnish), de travers (French), de guingois (French), de traviole (French), oblique (French), incliné (French), penché (French), schief (German), verzogen (German), verwunden (German), verbogen (German), quer (German), schräg (German), verrutscht (German), על העוקם (al ha'ókem) (Hebrew), ferde (Hungarian), félrecsúszott (Hungarian), csálé (Hungarian), rézsútos (Hungarian), obliquo (Italian), līmus (Latin), winjsch (Plautdietsch), torto (Portuguese), torcido (Spanish), oblicuo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adj-fkcCkHPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 2 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 45 5 50 Disambiguation of 'turned or twisted to one side': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable. Tags: figuratively Translations (untoward, unfavourable): verquer (German), ungünstig (German)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adj-JayWb~Ft Disambiguation of 'untoward, unfavourable': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: asymmetric, irregular, oblique, turned, twisted Related terms: skewly
Synonyms: askue, ascue, askoye, a skew, agley [UK, dialectal], akilter, antigoglin [US, dialectal], awry, askew, cattywampus, cockeyed [US], crooked, lopsided, off-kilter [idiomatic], tipsy, skewampus, skew-whiff [Australia, UK], squiffy [UK], whomperjawed [US, dialectal], wry

Adverb

IPA: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-askew.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-askew.wav [US] Forms: more askew [comparative], most askew [superlative]
enPR: ə-skyo͞oʹ Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|á ská||askew, askance}} Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), {{prefix|en|a|skew}} a- + skew, {{cog|is|á ská||diagonally}} Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), {{cog|da|skrå||slanting, oblique}} Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), {{cog|de|Schräge||slope, slant}} German Schräge (“slope, slant”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} askew (comparative more askew, superlative most askew)
  1. Tilted to one side. Related terms: skew-whiff Translations (tilted to one side): kallellaan (Finnish), vinossa (Finnish), schief (German), schräg (German), sich neigend (German), ferdén (Hungarian), csálén (Hungarian), rézsútosan (Hungarian) Translations (with disapproval): vinosti (Finnish), kieroon (Finnish), mißbilligend (German), abschätzig (German)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adv-aY-~wzIW Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 45 5 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: askue, ascue, askoye, a skew

Download JSON data for askew meaning in English (11.9kB)

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      "word": "歪"
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "penché"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "schief"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "verzogen"
    },
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "verwunden"
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "quer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "schräg"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "verrutscht"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "al ha'ókem",
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      "word": "על העוקם"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "ferde"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
      "word": "torto"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "verquer"
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}

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      "word": "ascue"
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      "word": "askoye"
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    {
      "word": "a skew"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "kallellaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "vinossa"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "schief"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "schräg"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "sich neigend"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "ferdén"
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      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "csálén"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "rézsútosan"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "vinosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "kieroon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "mißbilligend"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "abschätzig"
    }
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}

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