askew

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Turned or twisted to one side.
2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Adv

Tilted to one side.

Concepts

de travers

de biais

biais

de gunigois

inconvenant

oblique

peu seyant

obliquement

Synonymes

awry

aslant

crooked

obliquely

cockeyed

skew-whiff

lopsided

asquint

oblique

sloping

slantwise

slanting

askance

slantingly

wonky

across

skew

askant

distorted

slanted

inclined

twisted

aslope

wry

crookedly

at an angle

sidelong

out of kilter

one side

agley

slantways

distortedly

off-track

contortedly

to one side

misseeming

amiss

angled

atilt

biassed

crackpot

criss-cross

deviate

devious

diagonal

diagonally

disordered

diverge

improper

kinky

Traductions

obliquo

scheef

στραβά

sghembo

storto

oblicuamente

oblicuo

seitwärts

di traverso

schief

schuin

πλάγια

schräg

sesgo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈskju/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à islandais: á ská

Appartenant à danois: skrå

Appartenant à allemand: Schräge

In summary

From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).