Synonyms for askew
əˈskyuaskew

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1. askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiffadverb

   turned or twisted toward one side

   "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

   Antonyms:
   straight

2. askew, awry, skew-whiffadverb

   turned or twisted to one side

   "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

   Synonyms:
   awry, skew-whiff, amiss

   Antonyms:
   straight

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1. askewadjective

   Synonyms:
   awry, aside, askance, aslant, asquint, to one side

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1. askewadverb

   Synonyms:
   awry, askance, asquint, obliquely, sidewise, askant

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1. List of paraphrases for "askew":

   crooked

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How to use askew in a sentence?

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   pictures of life grinding to a halt decorating walls movement in dead motion limbs askew mouths stretched wide in motionless scream. art as we see it – feeling it’s another story. so does art imitate life or does life imitate A—R—T and where does it end – on cold walls before disinterested observers?