—predic.adj. wrong; out of order; faulty (knew something was amiss).
—adv. wrong; wrongly; inappropriately (everything went amiss).
Phrases and idioms:
take amiss be offended by (took my words amiss).
Etymology: ME prob. f. ON agrave mis so as to miss f. agrave on + mis rel. to MISS(1)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.