What is another word for awry?
207 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐ_ɹ_ˈaɪ], [ ɐɹˈa͡ɪ], [ ɐɹˈaɪ], [ ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈɜː_s_ə_b_əl p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɛ_s], [ ɹɪvˈɜːsəbə͡l pɹˈə͡ʊsɛs], [ ɹɪvˈɜːsəbəl pɹˈəʊsɛs]Table of Contents
Similar words for awry:- amiss (adjective)
- askew (adjective)
- astray (adjective)
- asymmetrical (adjective)
- cockeyed (adjective)
- crisscross (adjective)
- crooked (adjective)
- crosswise (adjective)
- crosswise/crossways (adjective)
- deformed (adjective)
- distorted (adjective)
- erroneous (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- twisted (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- wry (adjective)
- zigzag (adjective)
- awry (noun)
- confused (verb)
- other synonyms
Definition for Awry:
- Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
Synonyms for Awry:
adj.
•amiss (adjective)- un fair,
- more flawed,
- un-suitable,
- mis-taken,
- in-correct,
- in appropriate,
- out order,
- un fairer,
- un-fair,
- in-accurate,
- in accurate,
- in-appropriate,
- sickest,
- un-fairest,
- un lawful,
- mis taken,
- un suitable,
- in correct,
- un-fairer,
- un-lawful,
- un fairest,
- most flawed.
- more obliquely,
- most askance,
- more buckled,
- most catawampus,
- topsyturvey,
- most crookedly,
- topsy turvey,
- more crookedly,
- more topsyturvey,
- more catawampus,
- most askant,
- more askant,
- most buckled,
- most aslant,
- most obliquely,
- more askance,
- more turned,
- most topsy-turvey,
- more topsy-turvey,
- offcenter,
- to side,
- most turned,
- more aslant,
- most topsyturvey,
- more topsy turvey,
- off center,
- most topsy turvey.
- more canted,
- cross eyed,
- squintest,
- more strabismic,
- crosseyed,
- camest,
- most canted,
- most strabismic.
- topsyturvy,
- Incurving,
- not straight,
- screwy,
- out of shape,
- meandering,
- tilted,
- Tortile,
- Agee,
- Knurly,
- warped.
- most contrariwise,
- more vertically,
- more contrariwise,
- more crossing,
- more transversely,
- most crossing,
- more crosswise,
- most horizontally,
- most athwart,
- most transversely,
- trans versal,
- trans-verse,
- more athwart,
- from side side,
- more diagonally,
- more sideways,
- thwartest,
- most traverse,
- most vertically,
- most diagonally,
- more traverse,
- trans-versal,
- more horizontally,
- on bias,
- more longways,
- trans verse,
- most sideways,
- most longways.
- corrupt,
- contorted,
- disfigured,
- ill-made,
- bent,
- hunchbacked,
- misproportioned,
- humpbacked,
- misshapen,
- irregular,
- freakish,
- malformed,
- mangled.
- more botched,
- most malfunctioning,
- in adequate,
- in sufficient,
- de based,
- in-adequate,
- un-reliable,
- lamest,
- in complete,
- un reliable,
- more malfunctioning,
- un-retentive,
- more imprecise,
- more lemon,
- most unretentive,
- most botched,
- more unretentive,
- in-complete,
- un retentive,
- de-based,
- un fit,
- most lemon,
- un-fit,
- in-sufficient,
- most imprecise.
- more wound,
- more wrenched,
- most braided,
- most twined,
- most wrenched,
- more curled,
- more twined,
- more braided,
- most wound,
- most curled.
n.
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- jumbled,
- messy,
- rumpled,
- straggly,
- all over the place,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- anyhow,
- untidy,
- scrubby.
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- thrive.
v.
•confused (verb)Other synonyms:
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- afield.
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- sour.
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Antonyms for Awry:
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adj.
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off course; amiss
on course, ok.
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Other antonyms:
level, even, symmetrical, uniform, ordered, orderly, regular, functioning, balanced.
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off course; amiss
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Other antonyms:
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n.
functional, square.
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n.
Awry Sentence Examples:
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And here Bassett's careful plans began to go awry, for Dick's body was twitching, and his face was pale and covered with a cold sweat.
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Some counter influence stopped it - suppression; or sent it awry - exaggeration.
