adj. 1 wrong, at fault, awry, out of order, faulty, defective, improper, untoward; astray, erroneous, fallacious, confused, incorrect, off Something is amiss with the ignition If I am amiss in my thinking, let me know.
adv. 2 wrong, awry, badly, poorly, imperfectly; inopportunely, unfavourably, unpropitiously Everything possible has already gone amiss with the rocket launch 3 wrongly, improperly, badly; incorrectly, inappropriately A word of advice might not come amiss here 4 take or think (it) amiss. mistake, misinterpret, misunderstand, take offence (at) I trust that you will not take amiss what I intended as constructive criticism