amiss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amiss	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for amiss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amiss adv away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" Synonym(s): awry, amiss 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" 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 Synonym(s): imperfectly, amiss Antonym(s): perfectly adj not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" Synonym(s): amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amiss \A*miss"\, n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amiss \A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James iv. 3. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amiss \Amiss"\ ([adot]m[icr]s"), a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. Note: [Used only in the predicate.] --Dryden. His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. --Wollaston.