AMISS


Meaning of AMISS in English

I. adverb

1.

in a mistaken, inappropriate, or reprehensible way

I feel you judge him amiss

Synonyms: faultily, incorrectly, wrongly

Related Word: inaccurately; indiscreetly, unwisely

Contrasted words: accurately, correctly, properly, rightly; cleverly, wisely

Antonyms: right

2.

out of the proper course

our planning had gone amiss

Synonyms: afield, astray, awry, badly, unfavorably, wrong; compare hard 5

Idioms: beside ( or off) the mark

Contrasted words: auspiciously, famously, favorably, promisingly, propitiously, well

Antonyms: aright

II. adjective

1.

Synonyms: bad 1, ||bum, ||crappy, dissatisfactory, poor, ||punk, rotten, unsatisfactory, up, wrong

2.

Synonyms: faulty , defective, flawed, imperfect, sick

3.

Synonyms: blameworthy , blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, demeritorious, guilty, reprehensible, sinful, unholy

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