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awry

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Positiv Komparativ Superlativ
awry awrier awriest

Anmerkung:

"Awry carries a strong implication of disorderliness, of disarrangement, or of confusion …"[1]
Weiterführende Informationen zur Abgrenzung von awry, askew und askance siehe in der ersten Quelle.

Worttrennung:

a·wry, Komparativ: a·wrier, Superlativ: a·wriest

Aussprache:

IPA: []
Hörbeispiele: Lautsprecherbild awry (US-amerikanisch) (Info)

Bedeutungen:

[1] schief, krumm, nicht gerade
[2] in die falsche Richtung
[3] mit einem getrübten Blick anschauen, schief anschauen, misstrauisch anschauen
[4] nicht ausgeglichen, unausgeglichen
[5] pervers

Synonyme:

[1] curved
[2] amiss

Beispiele:

[1] "But her sad eyes, still fast'ned on the ground,
Are governed with goodly modesty;
That suffers not one look to glance awry,
Which may let in a little thought unfound." (Spencer)[2]
[2] "I hap to step awry, where I see no path, and can discern but few steps afore me." (Brerewood)[3]
[3] "You know the king
With jealous eyes has look'd awry
On his son's actions. (Denbarn's Sophy)[4]
[4] "Not tyrants fierce that unrepenting die,
Not Cynthia when her manteau's pinn'd awry,
Ere felt such rage (Pope)"[5]
[5] "All awry, and which wried it to the most very course of all, wit abused, rather to feign reason why it should be amits, than how it should be amended. (Sidney)"[6]

Charakteristische Wortkombinationen:

look awry - schief oder scheel blicken
to go awry - fehlgehen (Person), schief gehen (Sache)

Übersetzungen

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[1, 2] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „awry
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „awry
[1, 2] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „awry
[1, 2] PONS Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry
[1, 2] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry
[1] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry

Quellen:

  1. Merriam-Webster, Inc, Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, Philip B. Gove; Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words; 1984 Google Books
  2. Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, &c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Band 3; 1816 Google Books
  3. Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, &c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Band 3; 1816 Google Books
  4. Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, &c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Band 3; 1816 Google Books
  5. Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, &c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Band 3; 1816 Google Books
  6. Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, &c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Band 3; 1816 Google Books
Zeitform Person Wortform
simple present I, you, they awry
he, she, it awries
simple past   awried
present participle   ?
past participle   awried

Worttrennung:

awry, Partizip Perfekt: awried, Partizip Präsens: ?

Aussprache:

IPA: []
Hörbeispiele:

Bedeutungen:

[1] umdrehen

Beispiele:

[1]

Übersetzungen

[Bearbeiten]
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „awry
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „awry
[1] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „awry
[1] PONS Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry
[1] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry
[1] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „awry
[1] George Crabb; English synonyms explained, in alphabetical order: with copious illustrations and examples drawn from the best writers; 1818