awry
Not going as planned; twisted to one side.
awry in a sentence
- The picnic went awry when the wind flipped the blanket and rain soaked the sandwiches.
- The school play went awry when the curtain stuck and the donkey costume fell apart.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to awry?
- Awrong
- Bright
- Cstraight
- Dfine
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A: wrong. The other three mean the opposite of awry.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to awry?
- Acrooked
- Bwrong
- Cright
- Damiss
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C: right. The other three mean nearly the same as awry.
Words that mean something similar
wrong, amiss, crooked
Words that mean the opposite
right, straight, fine
More words about time & change
- calamity: A terrible event that causes great damage or sadness.
- cease: To stop happening or stop doing something.
- commence: To begin or start.
- conclude: To bring something to an end, or to decide something after thinking about it.
- constant: Happening all the time without stopping, or staying the same.
- contemporary: Belonging to the present time; modern.
- convert: To change something into something else.
- corrode: To slowly eat away at metal or other material.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test