amiss in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for amiss in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.amiss [Brit əˈmɪs, Am əˈmɪs] ADJ

amiss

sbagliato

there is something amiss (with him, them)

c'è qualcosa che non va (in lui, loro)

there is nothing amiss

non c'è niente che non vada

there is nothing amiss in doing

non c'è niente di male a fare

II.amiss [Brit əˈmɪs, Am əˈmɪs] ADV

amiss

in modo sbagliato, male

to take sth amiss

prendersela, aversene a male

a drink wouldn't come or go amiss!

un bicchiere non ci starebbe male

Translations for amiss in the Italian»English Dictionary

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prendere qc in -a parte

to take sth amiss

un bicchiere non ci starebbe male!

a drink wouldn't come or go amiss!

non c'è nulla di male a fare

there is nothing wrong with or in doing, it's all right or alright or okay to do, there is nothing amiss in doing

aversela or aversene a male

to take something amiss, to get sore

prendersela (arrabbiarsi)

to take sth amiss

amiss in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for amiss in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.amiss [ə·ˈmɪs] ADJ

there's something amiss

c'è qualcosa che non va

II.amiss [ə·ˈmɪs] ADV

to take sth amiss

prendersela a male

a little courtesy would not go amiss

un po' di cortesia non ci starebbe male

amiss Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

there's something amiss

c'è qualcosa che non va

to take sth amiss

prendersela a male

a little courtesy would not go amiss

un po' di cortesia non ci starebbe male

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Poe, a music promoter, has a hunch something is amiss.

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Why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal (1.2.7780).

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The numbers were sung in such a way that the committee had no reason to find anything amiss.

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One of their chiefs took this off, for the purpose of making tobacco-pipes, not knowing that he was doing amiss.

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Neither biography, politics, literary criticism, nor any other subject came amiss to his comprehensive intellect.

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Nothing can engage attention unless dressed in all the figments of fancy, and nothing so bedecked comes amiss.

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The cave-wife, sensing something amiss, finds her mate alone, battered and insensate.

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The group realizes something is amiss as they walk off the transporter pad.

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The tower controller, aware shortly after touchdown that something was amiss, activated the emergency alarm.

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So there is something askew here, something amiss.

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