The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Awry
//əˈɹɑɪ//
Synonyms for "awry" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (67)
faultyflawedhaywirehereticalheterodoxillogicalillusoryimproperlyin disorderinaccuratemisplacedmisshapennot rightnot trueobliqueoffoff the trackon the fritzoutout of gear
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out of jointout of kelterout of kilterout of orderout of placeout of tuneout of whackpeccantperturbedperverselypervertedroilyself-contradictoryshuffledskewskew whiffskew-jawedskewedslantingslantwaysslaunchwayssquintingstrayingturbidturbulentunfactualunfavorablyunorthodoxunprovedunsettleduntrueuntrulyupsetwamper-jawedwidewonkywrongwryyaw-ways
Adjective(5 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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Synonyms
10 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкривен adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- крив adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- неправилен adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- погрешен adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Catalan
1 entries- mal adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Czech
4 entries- křivý adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- nevydařený adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- v nepořádku adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- špatný adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Finnish
4 entries- kiero adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- sopimaton adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- vino adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- kieroon adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
French
4 entries- de guingois adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- de travers adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- de traviole adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- inapproprié adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Galician
1 entries- torto adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
German
4 entries- krumm adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- schief adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- daneben adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
- falsch adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
Italian
1 entries- distorto adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Latin
1 entries- oblīquus adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- xwehr adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
- çewt adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكری adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- اكری adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
Polish
4 entries- krzywy adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- niewłaściwy adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- krzywo adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
- na opak adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
Portuguese
4 entries- distorcido adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- torto adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- atravessado adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
- errado adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
Russian
4 entries- искажённый adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- искажённый adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- искривлённый adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- косо́й adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
Spanish
4 entries- torcido adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- torcido adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- inadecuadamente adv (perversely, improperly)
- mal adv (perversely, improperly)
Swedish
4 entries- sned adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- galet adv (perversely, improperly)
- på sniskan adv (obliquely, crookedly; askew)
- på tok adv (perversely, improperly)
Turkish
3 entries- eğri adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
- eğri adj (wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss)
- meyilli adj (turned or twisted toward one side)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хи́бно adv (perversely, improperly)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Today, everything went awry from the start.
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Their plans have gone awry.
Source: tatoeba (2969175)
Things went awry.
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