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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King