Amiss Definition

ə-mĭs
adjective
Out of proper order.
What is amiss?
American Heritage
Wrong, faulty, improper, etc.
Webster's New World
Not in perfect shape; faulty.
American Heritage

Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

He suspected something was amiss.
Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.
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adverb
In an improper, defective, unfortunate, or mistaken way.
American Heritage
In a wrong way; astray, wrongly, faultily, improperly, etc.
Webster's New World

(archaic) Mistakenly.

Wiktionary

(archaic) Astray.

Wiktionary

(archaic) Wrongly.

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noun
1635, John Donne, "His parting from her".
Yet Love, thou'rt blinder then thy self in this, / To vex my Dove-like friend for my amiss [...].
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Other Word Forms of Amiss

Noun

Singular:
amiss
Plural:
amisses

Origin of Amiss

  • Middle English amis probably from Old Norse ā mis so as to miss ā on an- in Indo-European roots mis act of missing mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From a +‎ miss.

    From Wiktionary

Amiss Sentence Examples

  • He sensed much more amiss than Gabriel would ever admit.

  • A parrot on the shoulder never goes amiss.

  • Carmen shrugged off an uncomfortable feeling that something was amiss.

  • Alex didn't look at Carmen, which was her first inkling that something was amiss.

  • Napping atop the castle, Yoshi realizes something is amiss.

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