amiss (redirected from would not come amiss)

a·miss  (-ms)

adj.

1. Out of proper order: What is amiss?

2. Not in perfect shape; faulty.

adv.

In an improper, defective, unfortunate, or mistaken way.

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[Middle English amis, probably from Old Norse mis, so as to miss : , on; see an- in Indo-European roots + mis, act of missing; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: amiss, afield, astray, awry, wrong
These adverbs mean not in the right or expected way: spoke amiss; straying far afield; afraid the letter would go astray; thinking awry; plans that went wrong.

Antonym: aright

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amiss [əˈmɪs]

adv

1. in an incorrect, inappropriate, or defective manner

take (something) amiss to be annoyed or offended by (something)

adj

(postpositive) wrong, incorrect, or faulty

[C13 a mis, from mis wrong; see miss¹]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	amiss - not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" awry, haywire, wrong malfunctioning, nonfunctional - not performing or able to perform its regular function; "a malfunctioning valve"
Adv.	1.	amiss - away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" awry
	2.	amiss - in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"
	3.	amiss - in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen imperfectly

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amiss

adjective wrong, mistaken, confused, false, inappropriate, rotten, incorrect, faulty, inaccurate, unsuitable, improper, defective, out of order, awry, erroneous, untoward, fallacious Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
wrong right, true, perfect, in order, correct, appropriate, suitable, accurate, proper, O.K. or okay (informal)

not go amiss be welcome, be appropriate, go down well A bit of kindness wouldn't go amiss.

take something amiss as an insult, wrongly, as offensive, out of turn He took it amiss when I asked to speak to someone else.

Translations

amiss [əˈmɪs]

A. ADJ there's something amiss → pasa algo
something is amiss in your calculations → algo falla en tus cálculos
have I said something amiss? → ¿he dicho algo inoportuno?
there was nothing amiss that I could see → por lo que vi, todo estaba bien

B. ADV don't take it amiss, will you? → no lo tomes a mal → no te vayas a ofender
a lick of paint wouldn't go or come amiss → una mano de pintura no vendría mal
a little politeness wouldn't go or come amiss → un poco de educación no estaría de más, no vendría mal un poco de educación

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amiss [əˈmɪs]

adj
there is something amiss, something is amiss → il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas, il y a quelque chose qui cloche, quelque chose ne va pas
something is amiss with sb/sth → il y a quelque chose qui cloche avec qn/qch
there is nothing amiss → il n'y a rien qui cloche
nothing is amiss with sb/sth → il n'y a rien qui cloche avec qn/qch

adv
to take sth amiss → prendre qch mal, prendre qch de travers
sth would not go amiss, sth would not come amiss (British) → qch ne ferait pas de mal

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amiss

adj pred there’s something amiss → da stimmt irgendetwas nicht; what’s amiss with you? (liter) → was fehlt Ihnen (denn)?

adv to take something amiss (Brit) → (jdm) etw übel nehmen; to speak amiss of somebody → schlecht über jdn sprechen; to say something amiss → etwas Falsches or Verkehrtes sagen; a drink would not come or go amiss → etwas zu trinken wäre gar nicht verkehrt

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amiss [əˈmɪs] adj & adv there's something amiss → c'è qualcosa che non quadra
don't take it amiss → non avertene a male

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amiss

adj amiss [əˈmis]

wrong Their plans went amiss. skeefloop بِطَريقَة خاطِئَه грешен špatný gal; forkert verkehrt λάθος, στραβά mal, torcido nurja اشتباه viallinen de travers לֹא בְּסֶדֶר गलत naopako rosszul meleset, keliru, salah úr lagi storto, di traverso 誤って 잘못하여 nesėkmingas, blogas nepareizs; kļūdains salah verkeerd galt, feilslått źle, na opak errado greşit, rău ошибочный zlý narobe promašen på tok, fel ไม่ถูกต้อง yanlış, hatalı 出錯的 неправильний, невірний غلط ، بے تکا hỏng 有差错的