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1 amiss
/ə'mis/ * tính từ & phó từ - sai, hỏng, xấu; bậy =what's amiss with you?+ anh có việc gì không ổn đấy? =do you find anything amiss in what I have said?+ anh có thấy cái gì sai sót trong những điều tôi nói không? =to understand amiss+ hiểu sai, hiểu lầm =to speak amiss of+ nói xấu =to do amiss+ làm bậy =not amiss+ (thông tục) được đấy, khá đấy, không đến nỗi tồi - không đúng lúc, không hợp thời =to come amiss+ đến không đúng lúc !nothing comes amiss to him - chẳng có cái gì nó không vừa ý cả - nó chẳng sai sót cái gì, cái gì nó cũng lợi dụng (xoay sở) được !to take amiss - bực mình, tức mình, để tâm giận; phật ý
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amiss — amiss, astray share the meaning wrong or otherwise than intended. Amiss implies failure (as of an arrow) to reach the mark aimed at and frequently suggests a shortcoming or defect (as by failure to reach a standard, an expectation, a definite… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Amiss — A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take (an act … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amiss — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not quite right; inappropriate. ► ADVERB ▪ wrongly or inappropriately. ● not go amiss Cf. ↑not go amiss ● take amiss Cf. ↑take amiss … English terms dictionary
Amiss — A*miss ([.a]*m[i^]s ), a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. Note: [Used only in the predicate.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amiss — A*miss , n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amiss — (adv.) mid 13c., amis off the mark, also out of order, lit. on the miss, from a in, on (see A (Cf. a ) (1)) + missen fail to hit (see MISS (Cf. miss) (v.)). To take (something) amiss originally (late 14c.) was to miss the meaning of (see … Etymology dictionary
amiss — [adj] wrong; defective awry, bad, confused, crooked, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, foul, glitched up*, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, sick, unfair, unlawful,… … New thesaurus
amiss — index astray, defective, disordered, errant, erroneous, faulty, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate … Law dictionary
amiss — [ə mis′] adv. [ME amis, on mis: see A 1 & MISS1] in a wrong way; astray, wrongly, faultily, improperly, etc. adj. wrong, faulty, improper, etc.: used only in the predicate … English World dictionary
amiss — a|miss1 [əˈmıs] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: miss mistake, failure ] if something is amiss, there is a problem = ↑wrong ▪ Elsa continued as if nothing was amiss. amiss with/in ▪ There s something amiss in their relationship.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
amiss — [[t]əmɪ̱s[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong. Their instincts warned them something was amiss... Something is radically amiss in our health care system. Syn: wrong 2) PHRASE: V… … English dictionary
