Entry Word: awry

Function: adjective

Meaning: inclined or twisted to one side <the shutters that still remained on the run-down old house were all awry>

Synonyms askew, aslant, cockeyed, crooked, listing, lopsided, oblique, skewed, slanted, slanting, slantwise, tilted, tipping, uneven

Related Words asymmetrical (or asymmetric), unbalanced, unsymmetrical; contorted, disordered, distorted, irregular

Near Antonyms ordered, orderly, regular, uniform; balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric)

Antonyms even, level, straight