The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - amiss adj.

1) wrong, at fault, awry, out of order, faulty, defective, improper, untoward; astray, erroneous, fallacious, confused, incorrect, off: Something is amiss with the ignition. If I am amiss in my thinking, let me know. --adv. 2) wrong, awry, badly, poorly, imperfectly; inopportunely, unfavourably, unpropitiously: Everything possible has already gone amiss with the rocket launch. 3) wrongly, improperly, badly; incorrectly, inappropriately: A word of advice might not come amiss here. 4) take or think (it) amiss. mistake, misinterpret, misunderstand, take offence (at) : I trust that you will not take amiss what I intended as constructive criticism.