Associations to the word «Askew»

Wiktionary

ASKEW, adjective. Turned or twisted to one side.
ASKEW, adjective. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
ASKEW, adverb. Tilted to one side.

Dictionary definition

ASKEW, adverb. Turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry".
ASKEW, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley