awry

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - adjective

1. turned or twisted toward one side (Freq. 1)
- "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
• Syn:
askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
• Similar to:
crooked
• Derivationally related forms:
lopsidedness (for: lopsided)
2. not functioning properly
- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine
• Syn:
amiss, haywire, wrong
• Similar to:
malfunctioning, nonfunctional

II - adverb

1. away from the correct or expected course (Freq. 1)
- something has gone awry in our plans
- something went badly amiss in the preparations
• Syn:
amiss
2. turned or twisted to one side
- rugs lying askew
- with his necktie twisted awry
• Syn:
askew, skew-whiff

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p), askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff, amiss