We went astray in the woods.
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Astray
//əˈstɹeɪ//
Synonyms for "astray" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
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Translations
31 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بِضَلَال adv (in a wrong direction)
- ضَالًّا adv (in a wrong direction)
- عَلَى ضَلَال adv (in a wrong direction)
Catalan
1 entries- desencaminadament adv (in a wrong direction)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ adv (in a wrong direction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迷途地 adv (in a wrong direction)
Czech
2 entries- na scestí adv (in a wrong direction)
- s cesty adv (in a wrong direction)
Dutch
1 entries- op een dwaalspoor adv (in a wrong direction)
Finnish
1 entries- harhaan adv (in a wrong direction)
German
1 entries- in die Irre adv (in a wrong direction)
Icelandic
1 entries- villtur adv (in a wrong direction)
Indonesian
2 entries- tersasar adv (in a wrong direction)
- tersesat adv (in a wrong direction)
Irish
1 entries- ar seachrán adv (in a wrong direction)
Italian
4 entries- fuori dalla retta via adv (in a wrong direction)
- fuori strada adv (in a wrong direction)
- sviato adv (in a wrong direction)
- traviato adv (in a wrong direction)
Japanese
1 entries- 道に迷って adv (in a wrong direction)
Latin
2 entries- errāns adv (in a wrong direction)
- pālāns adv (in a wrong direction)
Russian
2 entries- заблуди́вшись adv (in a wrong direction)
- сби́вшись с пути́ adv (in a wrong direction)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- air iomrall adv (in a wrong direction)
- air seachran adv (in a wrong direction)
Spanish
2 entries- extraviado adv (in a wrong direction)
- perdido adv (in a wrong direction)
Swedish
2 entries- på villovägar adv (in a wrong direction)
- vilse adv (in a wrong direction)
Turkish
1 entries- kötü/yanlış yola adv (in a wrong direction)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I have gone astray somewhere in my calculations.
Source: tatoeba (33500)
My letter must have gone astray in the mail.
Source: tatoeba (251120)
The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.
Source: tatoeba (276526)
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