amiss C2+ Topic:War & Conflict US /əˈmɪs/ UK /əˈmɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #20193 Meanings 1 adv in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner The crowd was convinced the defendant had been judged amiss. 2 adj Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. He suspected something was amiss. 3 adv Wrongly; mistakenly The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped. 4 noun Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…]. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · wrong; faulty; out of... awry Etymology From a- + miss. Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # amiss **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv, adj, noun **IPA (US):** /əˈmɪs/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈmɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 20193 ## Meanings 1. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner 2. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. 3. Wrongly; mistakenly 4. Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. ## Examples - The crowd was convinced the defendant had been judged amiss. - He suspected something was amiss. - The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped. - Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…]. ## Etymology From a- + miss. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown