awry
uh rahy
- s turned or twisted toward one side
a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton - s not functioning properly
- r away from the correct or expected course
something has gone awry in our plans - r turned or twisted to one side
with his necktie twisted awry
- The complications that developed later was owing to the post operative care having gone awry.
- The negotiations went awry after it became known that one of the members had switched sides secretly.
- Violence can never be condoned, but something must be tremendously awry in our society if only through violence can minorities progress out of poverty .