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Synonyms for awry
əˈraɪaw·ry
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Wiktionary
awryadjective
Synonyms:
wonky
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Princeton's WordNet
askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiffadjective
turned or twisted toward one side
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
Antonyms:
functioning, straightamiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)adverb
not functioning properly
"something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
Antonyms:
functioning, straightawry, amissadverb
away from the correct or expected course
"something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
Synonyms:
askew, skew-whiff, imperfectly, amissAntonyms:
straight, functioningaskew, awry, skew-whiffadverb
turned or twisted to one side
"rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
Synonyms:
askew, skew-whiff, amissAntonyms:
straight, functioning
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1673 | wrong | |
| #8497 | twisted | |
| #9985 | bent | |
| #11743 | carved | |
| #19003 | distorted | |
| #19040 | crooked | |
| #40737 | askew | |
| #47794 | awry | |
| #56337 | amiss | |
| #72699 | imperfectly | |
| #87233 | wonky |
How to use awry in a sentence?
Too often, investigations go awry. Victims are silenced and the bad behavior continues.
I feels like it has less chance of going awry than marching down the street.
This was not some jolly jape that went awry. For once, we did nothing wrong.
To see that be the pinnacle of this season was really cool, we’ve all come such a long way. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ FINALE RECAP : SHELDON AND AMY STRUGGLE WITH LONG DISTANCE AND TEMPTATION That was n’t the only behind-the-scenes moment that the cast shared with the Comic Con crowd. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kaley Cuoco and Galecki revealed the circumstances surrounding an on-set injury from a prank gone awry. In an effort to shock the cast and crew during a scene in which the two characters were fighting, Galecki jokingly pretended to punch his co-star in the face. However, the actress' head accidentally caught a chair while she was falling and the end result was stitches in her eye brow. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ ACTRESS MAYIM BIALIK RECEIVES ‘ DOOGIE HOWSER ’ ROYALTY CHECK FOR TWO CENTS.
The guy right behind me switched seats to the aisle in case things went awry.
Translations for awry
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- неправилен, погрешен, крив, криво, косо, неправилно, изкривен, накривоBulgarian
- torcidoSpanish
- kiero, vinossa, sopimaton, vinoon, sopimattomasti, kieroon, vino, kierossaFinnish
- de guingois, de traversFrench
- fonákHungarian
- ひどいJapanese
- 틀려서Korean
- niewłaściwie, ukośnie, krzywo, niewłaściwy, opacznie, krzywyPolish
- искривлённый, косо, криво, неверно, неверный, неправильно, искажённый, косой, набок, превратно, неправильный, превратный, кривойRussian
- sned, galet, på tokSwedish
- хибноUkrainian
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