awry

Adjective

• not functioning properly
  • something is amiss
    
  • has gone completely haywire
    
  • something is wrong with the engine
    

• turned or twisted toward one side
  • a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry- G.K.Chesterton
    
  • his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
    

Adverb

• turned or twisted to one side
  • rugs lying askew
    
  • with his necktie twisted awry
    

• away from the correct or expected course
  • something has gone awry in our plans
    
  • something went badly amiss in the preparations
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  amiss(p) , awry(p) , haywire , wrong(p) , askew , cockeyed , lopsided , wonky , skew-whiff , amiss