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Meaning of word amiss from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

amiss   adjective

Meaning : Not functioning properly.

Example : Something is amiss.
Has gone completely haywire.
Something is wrong with the engine.

Synonyms : awry, haywire, wrong

amiss   adverb

Meaning : Away from the correct or expected course.

Example : Something has gone awry in our plans.
Something went badly amiss in the preparations.

Synonyms : awry

Meaning : In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner.

Example : If you think him guilty you judge amiss.
He spoke amiss.
No one took it amiss when she spoke frankly.

Meaning : In an imperfect or faulty way.

Example : The lobe was imperfectly developed.
Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more.

Synonyms : imperfectly

In a perfect or faultless way.

She performed perfectly on the balance beam.
Spoke English perfectly.
Solved the problem perfectly.
perfectly

Amiss meaning in Telugu.