awry, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
turned or twisted toward one side
<adj.all> (p) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
askew awry cockeyed lopsided skew-whiff wonky
sample sentences
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not functioning properly
<adj.all> (p) (p) (p) freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
amiss awry haywire wrong
sample sentences
"something is amiss""has gone completely haywire"
"something is wrong with the engine"
semantic pointers
similar to