SkyfireDict

amiss   (TTS Sound)

The adj amiss has 1 sense

• amiss, awry, haywire, wrong -- (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine")

The adv amiss has 3 senses

• awry, amiss -- (away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations")


• amiss -- (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")


• imperfectly, amiss -- (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)