Synonyms of the word amiss


AMISSAWRY - HAYWIRE - IMPERFECTLY - MALFUNCTIONING - NONFUNCTIONAL - WRONG

amiss

  • adj. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
  • adv. Mistakenly, wrongly.
  • n. (obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

awry

  • adv. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  • adv. Perversely, improperly.
  • adj. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
  • adj. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.

haywire

  • n. Wire used to bind bales of hay.
  • adj. Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
  • adj. Behaving erratically or uncontrollably, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with…

imperfectly

  • adv. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.

malfunctioning

  • v. present participle of malfunction.
  • n. A malfunction.

nonfunctional

  • adj. Not functional; useless; broken.

wrong

  • adj. Incorrect or untrue.
  • adj. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
  • adj. Immoral, not good, bad.
  • adj. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
  • adj. Not working; out of order.
  • adj. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
  • adj. (obsolete) Twisted; wry.
  • adv. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
  • n. Something that is immoral or not good.
  • n. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
  • n. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
  • n. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
  • v. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
  • v. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
  • v. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

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