predic.adj. & adv.
--predic.adj. wrong; out of order; faulty (knew something was amiss).
--adv. wrong; wrongly; inappropriately (everything went amiss).
Phrases and idioms:
take amiss be offended by (took my words amiss).
Etymology: ME prob. f. ON {agrave} mis so as to miss f. {agrave} on + mis rel. to MISS(1)