amiss

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - adjective

not functioning properly (Freq. 1)
- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine
• Syn:
awry, haywire, wrong
• Similar to:
malfunctioning, nonfunctional

II - adverb

1. away from the correct or expected course
- something has gone awry in our plans
- something went badly amiss in the preparations
• Syn:
awry
2. 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
3. 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
• Syn:
imperfectly
• Ant:
perfectly (for: imperfectly)
• Derived from adjective:
imperfect (for: imperfectly)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p), imperfectly, awry