awry

1. 1.

   away from the correct or expected course

   “something has gone awry in our plans”

   “something went badly amiss in the preparations”

   Synonymsamiss
2. 2.

   turned or twisted to one side

   “rugs lying askew”

   “with his necktie twisted awry”

   Synonymsaskewskew-whiff

Other forms of awry

comparative

awrier·

superlative

awriest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about awry

What does awry mean?

awry means "turned or twisted toward one side". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in awry?

awry has 2 syllables: a-wry. The stress falls on "wry". In IPA it is /ɚˈaɪ/.

What is another word for awry?

Close synonyms include askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is awry a common word?

awry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with awry?

5 words rhyme with awry. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.