amiss English

Meaning amiss meaning

What does amiss mean?

amiss

— adjective (= haywire, wrong) not functioning properly something is amiss has gone completely haywire something is wrong with the engine

— adverb in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner if you think him guilty you judge amiss he spoke amiss no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly

— adverb (= imperfectly) in an imperfect or faulty way The lobe was imperfectly developed Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more — Jane Austen

— adverb (= awry) away from the correct or expected course something has gone awry in our plans something went badly amiss in the preparations

Synonyms amiss synonyms

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awry

wrong

imperfectly

haywire

badly

astray

wrongty

wrongly

untimely

unsuitably

unimpressively

unfavorably

poorly

poor

off the track

naughtily

inopportune

incorrectly

in the wrong way

impoliticly

ill

frumpishly

faulty

faultily

defective

blooey

bad

at fault

askew