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Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wonky
Antonyms: none provided
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
There is something awry with this story.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Perversely, improperly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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away from the correct or expected course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
something has gone awry in our plans something went badly amiss in the preparations
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Synonyms: amiss
Antonyms: none provided
turned or twisted to one side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
rugs lying askew with his necktie twisted awry
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Synonyms: askew, skew-whiff
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From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
крив
(kriv)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Bulgarian :
изкривен
(izkriven)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Czech :
křivý
— turned or twisted toward one side
Finnish :
vino
— turned or twisted toward one side
Finnish :
kiero
— turned or twisted toward one side
French :
de travers
— turned or twisted toward one side
French :
de guingois
— turned or twisted toward one side
French :
de traviole
— turned or twisted toward one side
Galician :
torto
— turned or twisted toward one side
German :
krumm
— turned or twisted toward one side
German :
schief
— turned or twisted toward one side
Polish :
krzywy
— turned or twisted toward one side
Portuguese :
torto
— turned or twisted toward one side
Russian :
криво́й
(krivój)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Russian :
искривлённый
(iskrivljónnyj)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Russian :
косо́й
(kosój)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Russian :
искажённый
(iskažónnyj)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Swedish :
sned
— turned or twisted toward one side
Turkish :
eğri
— turned or twisted toward one side
Turkish :
meyilli
— turned or twisted toward one side
Ottoman Turkish :
اكری
(eğri)
— turned or twisted toward one side
Bulgarian :
погрешен
(pogrešen)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Bulgarian :
неправилен
(nepravilen)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Catalan :
mal
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Czech :
nevydařený
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Czech :
v nepořádku
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Czech :
špatný
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Finnish :
sopimaton
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
French :
inapproprié
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Italian :
distorto
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Polish :
niewłaściwy
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Portuguese :
distorcido
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Russian :
непра́вильный
(neprávilʹnyj)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Russian :
неве́рный
(nevérnyj)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Russian :
искажённый
(iskažónnyj)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Russian :
превра́тный
(prevrátnyj)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Turkish :
eğri
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Ottoman Turkish :
اكری
(eğri)
— wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
Bulgarian :
накриво
(nakrivo)
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Bulgarian :
косо
(koso)
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Czech :
nakřivo
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Czech :
křivě
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Czech :
šikmo
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Finnish :
vinossa
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Finnish :
vinoon
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Finnish :
kierossa
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Finnish :
kieroon
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
French :
de travers
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
French :
de guingois
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
French :
de traviole
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
schief
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
fehlerhaft
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
falsch
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
verkehrt
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
krumm
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
verzogen
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
überkreuz
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
letz
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
German :
daneben
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Northern Kurdish :
xwehr
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Northern Kurdish :
çewt
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Latin :
oblīquus
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Polish :
krzywo
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Polish :
ukośnie
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Polish :
na opak
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Portuguese :
torto
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Portuguese :
errado
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Portuguese :
atravessado
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Russian :
кри́во
(krívo)
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Russian :
ко́со
(kóso)
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Russian :
на́бок
(nábok)
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Swedish :
sned
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Swedish :
på sniskan
— obliquely, crookedly; askew
Bulgarian :
неправилно
(nepravilno)
— perversely, improperly
Bulgarian :
криво
(krivo)
— perversely, improperly
Czech :
v nepořádku
— perversely, improperly
Finnish :
sopimattomasti
— perversely, improperly
German :
verquer
— perversely, improperly
Polish :
nieodpowiednio
— perversely, improperly
Portuguese :
inadequadamente
— perversely, improperly
Russian :
непра́вильно
(neprávilʹno)
— perversely, improperly
Russian :
неве́рно
(nevérno)
— perversely, improperly
Russian :
превра́тно
(prevrátno)
— perversely, improperly
Swedish :
galet
— perversely, improperly
Swedish :
på tok
— perversely, improperly
Ukrainian :
хи́бно
(xýbno)
— perversely, improperly