Synonyms for askew
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Awry
awry, crooked, lopsided, askance, wonky, wry, cock-eyed, skew-whiff informal UK AU IE, oblique, asquint, acrook, catawampus US, aslant formal dated, askant dated
Other
off-center, non-orthogonal, flooey slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Turned or twisted to one side.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- asymmetric irregular oblique twisted
Example sentences
- crooked The plants were growing crooked towards the window.
- awry The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
- lopsided The fight seems rather lopsided.
- askance Mary whispered something in Tom's ear, and now he's looking at me askance.
By length
- 3 letters
- wry1
- 4 letters
- awry2
- 5 letters
- wonky
- 6 letters
- aslant, acrook, askant, flooey
- 7 letters
- crooked2, oblique2, askance2, asquint
- 8 letters
- lopsided3
- 10 letters
- catawampus
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awry2 = 2 syllables).