amiss

Adjective Satellite

• not functioning properly
  • "something is amiss"

Adverb

• away from the correct or expected course
  • "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
• 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"
• in an imperfect or faulty way; ; - Jane Austen
  • "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"

Adj

• Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

Adv

• Wrongly; mistakenly
• Astray.
• Imperfectly.

Noun

• Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Adjective

• Not quite right; out of place or inappropriate.

Examples

• He suspected something was amiss.
• Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.
• Something seems AMISS when your opponent plays three bingos in a row.

Synonyms

awry, haywire, imperfectly, wrong

Antonyms

perfectly

Anagrams of amiss