adj
Meaning 1
Turned or twisted to one side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: off-center
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
askew
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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ə-skyo͞oʹ
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/əˈskju/
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UK: /əˈskjuː/
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British, Southern, Standard: /əˈskjʉw/
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rhymes with -uː
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S K Y UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Untoward, unfavourable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Tilted to one side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He wore his hat askew
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
turned or twisted toward one side- G.K.Chesterton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
turned or twisted to one side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rugs lying askew
- with his necktie twisted awry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awry, skew-whiff
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From a- + skew.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 歪 (wāi) — turned or twisted to one side
- Czech: křivý — turned or twisted to one side
- Czech: šikmý — turned or twisted to one side
- Dutch: scheef — turned or twisted to one side
- Finnish: vino — turned or twisted to one side
- French: de travers — turned or twisted to one side
- French: de guingois — turned or twisted to one side
- French: de traviole — turned or twisted to one side
- French: oblique — turned or twisted to one side
- French: incliné — turned or twisted to one side
- French: penché — turned or twisted to one side
- German: schief — turned or twisted to one side
- German: verzogen — turned or twisted to one side
- German: verwunden — turned or twisted to one side
- German: verbogen — turned or twisted to one side
- German: quer — turned or twisted to one side
- German: schräg — turned or twisted to one side
- German: verrutscht — turned or twisted to one side
- Hebrew: על העוקם (al ha'ókem) — turned or twisted to one side
- Hungarian: ferde — turned or twisted to one side
- Hungarian: félrecsúszott — turned or twisted to one side
- Hungarian: csálé — turned or twisted to one side
- Hungarian: rézsútos — turned or twisted to one side
- Italian: obliquo — turned or twisted to one side
- Latin: līmus — turned or twisted to one side
- Plautdietsch: winjsch — turned or twisted to one side
- Polish: krzywy — turned or twisted to one side
- Polish: przekrzywiony — turned or twisted to one side
- Portuguese: torto — turned or twisted to one side
- Spanish: torcido — turned or twisted to one side
- Spanish: oblicuo — turned or twisted to one side
- Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — turned or twisted to one side
- German: verquer — untoward, unfavourable
- German: ungünstig — untoward, unfavourable
- Polish: krzywy — untoward, unfavourable
- Czech: nakřivo — tilted to one side
- Finnish: kallellaan — tilted to one side
- Finnish: vinossa — tilted to one side
- German: schief — tilted to one side
- German: schräg — tilted to one side
- German: sich neigend — tilted to one side
- Hungarian: ferdén — tilted to one side
- Hungarian: csálén — tilted to one side
- Hungarian: rézsútosan — tilted to one side
- Polish: krzywo — tilted to one side
- Polish: z ukosa — tilted to one side
- Finnish: vinosti — with disapproval
- Finnish: kieroon — with disapproval
- German: mißbilligend — with disapproval
- German: abschätzig — with disapproval
- Polish: krzywo — with disapproval
- Polish: z ukosa — with disapproval
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