What does be amiss mean?

be amiss means "interpret in the wrong way".

What is another word for be amiss?

Close synonyms include misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend. 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 be amiss a common word?

be amiss 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.

be amiss — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
interpret in the wrong way
“Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism”
“She misconstrued my remarks”
Synonymsmisconstrue misinterpret misconceive misunderstand misapprehend
Broaderinterpret

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