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Synonyms for awry

  • adjective
  • adverb

Most common

askew asquint acrook

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Askew

askew, crooked, wonky UK, bent, lopsided, askance, skew-whiff informal UK IE, oblique, cock-eyed, wry, slanting, asquint, acrook, catawampus US, aslant formal dated, askant dated

2. Amiss

amiss, wrong, haywire

Other

perverse, distorted

Adverb

obliquely, perversely, splay, athwart, crookedly

Antonyms

straight

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

  2. adj. 2

    Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

    There is something awry with this story.

  3. adv. 1

    Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

Example sentences

  • askew The picture is askew. Could you straighten it again?
  • asquint Love, being jealous, makes a good eye look asquint.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
awryrising
askewrising
asquintsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wry1
4 letters
bent1
5 letters
wrong1, amiss2, wonky, askew2, splay
6 letters
aslant, acrook, askant
7 letters
crooked2, oblique2, haywire2, askance2, athwart2, asquint
8 letters
perverse2, lopsided3, slanting2
9 letters
distorted3, obliquely3, crookedly
10 letters
perversely3, catawampus

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amiss2 = 2 syllables).

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