Dictionary

awry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /əˈɹaɪ/ (UK, US)
• /əˈɹɑɪ/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɔː.ɹi/ nonstandard, spelling pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

Meanings

1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
   • The frame was awry.
2. (figuratively) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
   • There is something awry with this story.
   • It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry. 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

go awry · awryness

Synonyms

wonky

Translations (39)

cs v nepořádku (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru неве́рный (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · pl nieodpowiedni (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · fr de guingois (turned or twisted toward one side) · ota اكری (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru искривлённый (turned or twisted toward one side) · cs křivý (turned or twisted toward one side) · fi vino (turned or twisted toward one side) · cs špatný (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · bg крив (turned or twisted toward one side) · bg изкривен (turned or twisted toward one side) · tr meyilli (turned or twisted toward one side) · ru непра́вильный (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ca mal (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · pt distorcido (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · tr eğri (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru косо́й (turned or twisted toward one side) · pl krzywy (turned or twisted toward one side) · cs nevydařený (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru превра́тный (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · fr de travers (turned or twisted toward one side) · pt torto (turned or twisted toward one side) · tr eğri (turned or twisted toward one side) · de krumm (turned or twisted toward one side) · ru криво́й (turned or twisted toward one side) · sv sned (turned or twisted toward one side) · bg неправилен (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · fr de traviole (turned or twisted toward one side) · bg погрешен (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru искажённый (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · it distorto (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · fi kiero (turned or twisted toward one side) · fi sopimaton (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · gl torto (turned or twisted toward one side) · de schief (turned or twisted toward one side) · pl niewłaściwy (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · fr inapproprié (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss) · ru искажённый (turned or twisted toward one side) · ota اكری (turned or twisted toward one side)

awry en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /əˈɹaɪ/ (UK, US)
• /əˈɹɑɪ/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɔː.ɹi/ nonstandard, spelling pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

Meanings

1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
2. Perversely, improperly.

Forms

Translations (49)

sv på sniskan (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · fr de travers (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · ru кри́во (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · cs v nepořádku (perversely, improperly) · pt inadequadamente (perversely, improperly) · de daneben (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · cs křivě (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pl krzywo (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pl nieodpowiednio (perversely, improperly) · de verzogen (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pt atravessado (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · kmr çewt (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · ru превра́тно (perversely, improperly) · pt torto (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · uk хи́бно (perversely, improperly) · fr de guingois (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de krumm (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · ru на́бок (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · bg неправилно (perversely, improperly) · cs nakřivo (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · bg накриво (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · fi kieroon (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · bg косо (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · sv galet (perversely, improperly) · pl niewłaściwie (perversely, improperly) · de verquer (perversely, improperly) · fi vinoon (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pl ukośnie (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de letz (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · fi sopimattomasti (perversely, improperly) · de überkreuz (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · fr de traviole (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · ru ко́со (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pt errado (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de fehlerhaft (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · ru непра́вильно (perversely, improperly) · la oblīquus (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · kmr xwehr (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · cs šikmo (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · pl na opak (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de falsch (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · fi vinossa (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de schief (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · de verkehrt (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · sv på tok (perversely, improperly) · sv sned (obliquely, crookedly; askew) · bg криво (perversely, improperly) · ru неве́рно (perversely, improperly) · fi kierossa (obliquely, crookedly; askew)