Found 4 items, similar to amiss.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: amiss
ketidakberesan
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: amis
odor of fish, putrid taste
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: amiss
amiss
adj : not functioning properly;
“something is amiss”;
“has gone
completely haywire”;
“something is wrong with the
engine” [syn:
amiss(p),
awry(p),
haywire,
wrong(p)]
adv 1: away from the correct or expected course;
“something has
gone awry in our plans”;
“something went badly amiss
in the preparations” [syn:
awry]
2: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner;
“if you
think him guilty you judge amiss”;
“he spoke amiss”;
“no
one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”
3: in an imperfect or faulty way;
“The lobe was imperfectly
developed”;
“Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if
she practiced more”- Jane Austen [syn:
imperfectly]
[ant:
perfectly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Amiss
Amiss
\A*miss"\ ([.a]*m[i^]s"), a.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be
amiss to ask advice.
Note: [Used only in the predicate.] --Dryden.
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His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that
which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.
--Wollaston.
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Amiss
\A*miss"\, n.
A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
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Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.
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Amiss
\A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.]
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
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What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak.
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Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James
iv. 3.
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To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to
(an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly;
as, you must not take these questions amiss.
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