Synonyms for awry
əˈraɪaw·ry

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1. awryadjective

   Synonyms:
   wonky

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1. awry

   Synonyms:
   crooked, aslant, askew, atwist, bent, carved, distorted, twisted, wrong

   Antonyms:
   right, straight, true, direct

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1. askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiffadjective

   turned or twisted toward one side

   "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

   Antonyms:
   functioning, straight

2. amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)adverb

   not functioning properly

   "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"

   Antonyms:
   functioning, straight

3. awry, amissadverb

   away from the correct or expected course

   "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

   Synonyms:
   askew, skew-whiff, imperfectly, amiss

   Antonyms:
   straight, functioning

4. askew, awry, skew-whiffadverb

   turned or twisted to one side

   "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

   Synonyms:
   askew, skew-whiff, amiss

   Antonyms:
   straight, functioning

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1. awryadjective

   Synonyms:
   obliquely, asquint, askance

2. awryadjective

   Synonyms:
   perversely, wrong

3. awryadjective

   Synonyms:
   oblique, slanting, distorted, crooked, wry

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1. awryadjective

   Synonyms:
   distorted, wry, crooked, asquint, askant, perverse

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1. List of paraphrases for "awry":

   wrong

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1. Cassidy Kulhanek:

   I feels like it has less chance of going awry than marching down the street.

2. Melanie Leslie:

   Too often, investigations go awry. Victims are silenced and the bad behavior continues.

3. Kimano M. Edwards:

   This human experience has gone awry.

4. Jeremy Clarkson:

   This was not some jolly jape that went awry. For once, we did nothing wrong.

5. Norm Pattis:

   We’re grateful to six courageous jurors who were able to understand that campus life isn’t the real world, kids experiment with identity and sexuality. When an experiment goes awry, it’s not a crime.