Dictionary

askew en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• ə-skyo͞oʹ
• (US) audio
• /əˈskju/
• /əˈskjuː/ (UK)
• /əˈskjʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From a- + skew.

Meanings

1. Turned or twisted to one side.
   • Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true. 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Forms

Antonyms

true · straight

Deriveds

askewness

Hypernyms

irregular · turned · asymmetric · twisted · oblique

Relateds

skewly

Synonyms

squiffy · whomperjawed · skewampus · off-kilter · agley · tipsy · akilter · lopsided · askew · antigoglin · cockeyed · awry · wry · cattywampus · skew-whiff · off-center · crooked

Translations (36)

gl torto (turned or twisted to one side) · cs křivý (turned or twisted to one side) · pl krzywy (untoward, unfavourable) · de verrutscht (turned or twisted to one side) · hu félrecsúszott (turned or twisted to one side) · de quer (turned or twisted to one side) · fi vino (turned or twisted to one side) · pt torto (turned or twisted to one side) · he על העוקם (turned or twisted to one side) · fr oblique (turned or twisted to one side) · hu ferde (turned or twisted to one side) · hu csálé (turned or twisted to one side) · fr de travers (turned or twisted to one side) · cmn 歪 (turned or twisted to one side) · de verwunden (turned or twisted to one side) · fr de guingois (turned or twisted to one side) · fr de traviole (turned or twisted to one side) · nl scheef (turned or twisted to one side) · cs šikmý (turned or twisted to one side) · pdt winjsch (turned or twisted to one side) · es torcido (turned or twisted to one side) · fr penché (turned or twisted to one side) · de schief (turned or twisted to one side) · fr incliné (turned or twisted to one side) · de verbogen (turned or twisted to one side) · pl przekrzywiony (turned or twisted to one side) · es oblicuo (turned or twisted to one side) · it obliquo (turned or twisted to one side) · de ungünstig (untoward, unfavourable) · hu rézsútos (turned or twisted to one side) · de schräg (turned or twisted to one side) · de verzogen (turned or twisted to one side) · ota اكری (turned or twisted to one side) · de verquer (untoward, unfavourable) · pl krzywy (turned or twisted to one side) · la līmus (turned or twisted to one side)

askew en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• ə-skyo͞oʹ
• (US) audio
• /əˈskju/
• /əˈskjuː/ (UK)
• /əˈskjʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From a- + skew.

Meanings

1. Tilted to one side.
   • He wore his hat askew

Forms

Relateds

skew-whiff

Translations (17)

fi kallellaan (tilted to one side) · de mißbilligend (with disapproval) · hu ferdén (tilted to one side) · hu csálén (tilted to one side) · de abschätzig (with disapproval) · fi vinosti (with disapproval) · fi kieroon (with disapproval) · hu rézsútosan (tilted to one side) · pl z ukosa (tilted to one side) · pl krzywo (with disapproval) · de schief (tilted to one side) · pl krzywo (tilted to one side) · fi vinossa (tilted to one side) · de schräg (tilted to one side) · pl z ukosa (with disapproval) · cs nakřivo (tilted to one side) · de sich neigend (tilted to one side)