English-Thai Dictionary

amiss

ADJ ไม่ ถูกต้อง  ไม่เหมาะสม  wrong faulty mai-thuk-tong

 

amiss

ADV อย่าง ไม่ ถูกต้อง  อย่าง ไม่เหมาะสม  wrongty faultily yang-mai-thuk-tong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMISS

a.[a and miss. See Miss. ] 1. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. [This adjective always follows its noun. ]
2. adv. In a faulty manner; contrary to propriety, truth, law or morality.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James 4:3.
Applied to the body, it signifies indisposed; as, I am somewhat amiss to day.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMISS

A *miss ", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + miss. ]

 

Defn: Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing ) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing ); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.

 

AMISS

AMISS A *miss ", a.

 

Defn: Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

 

Note: [Used only in the predicate. ] Dryden. His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston.

 

AMISS

AMISS A *miss ", n.

 

Defn: A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs. ] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.

 

AMISSIBILITY

A *mis `si *bil "i *ty, Etym: [Cf. F. amissibilité. See Amit. ]

 

Defn: The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [R.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.

 

AMISSIBLE

A *mis "si *ble, a. Etym: [L. amissibilis: cf. F. amissible. ]

 

Defn: Liable to be lost. [R.]

 

AMISSION

A *mis "sion, n. Etym: [L. amissio: cf. F. amission. ]

 

Defn: Deprivation; loss. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amiss

a miss |əˈmis əˈmɪs | ▶adjective [ predic. ] not quite right; inappropriate or out of place: there was something amiss about his calculations. ▶adverb wrongly or inappropriately: how terrible was the danger of her loving amiss. PHRASES take something amiss be offended by something that is said, typically through misinterpreting the intentions behind it: don't take this amiss, it's all good-humored teasing. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Old Norse á mis ‘so as to miss, ’ from á ‘on ’ + mis (related to miss 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amiss

amiss |əˈmɪs | ▶adjective [ predic. ] not quite right; inappropriate or out of place: there was something amiss about his calculations. ▶adverb wrongly or inappropriately: the prime minister may have constructed his cabinet a little amiss. PHRASES take something amiss Brit. be offended by something that is said, especially through misinterpreting the intentions behind it. something would not go (or come ) amiss Brit. the specified thing would be welcome and useful: you look as if a good meal wouldn't go amiss. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Old Norse á mis ‘so as to miss ’, from á ‘on ’ + mis (related to miss 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

amiss

amiss adjective an inspection revealed nothing amiss: wrong, awry, faulty, out of order, defective, flawed, unsatisfactory, incorrect, not right; inappropriate, improper. ANTONYMS right, in order. PHRASES take something amiss we were only kidding, but I think he took it amiss: be offended, take offense, be upset.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amiss

amiss adjective an inspection revealed nothing amiss: wrong, awry, faulty, out of order, defective, unsatisfactory, incorrect, untoward, adrift, astray, inappropriate, improper, unsuitable. ANTONYMS right, in order. PHRASES not come /go amiss an apology wouldn't go amiss: be welcome, be appropriate, be useful. take something amiss they would take it amiss if they were left out: be offended by, take offence at, be upset by.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amiss

a miss /əmɪ́s /形容詞 〖be ～〗具合 [調子 ]が悪い ; 誤った (wrong ); 不適切な, 場違いな ▸ sense [realize ] that something is amiss 何か変だと感じる [気付く ]副詞 不適切に, (状況 筋道などを )逸して ; 誤って ; 具合 [調子 ]が悪く (wrongly ).n ò t go [come ] am í ss ｟くだけて ｠〈物 事が 〉適切である, (状況に )ふさわしい, 好まれる, 有り難い, 有効である ▸ A little time wouldn't go amiss now! 今時間が少しでもあればいいのになあ t à ke A am í ss (主に誤解して )A 〈言葉 行為など 〉に憤慨する, 気分を害す ; Aを誤解する (!しばしばtake it amiss ifの形で ) .