Awry | The Word for When Everything Goes Wrong · B2 Upper-Int

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]The food order is not here yet.

[00:00:01]>> I checked. They sent it to the wrong place.

[00:00:03]>> So, the whole plan fell apart.

[00:00:05]Everything went awry from the start.

[00:00:08]Awry. It means something has gone wrong or moved in the wrong direction. A plan or situation that does not go the way you want it.

[00:00:16]Similar words are wrong, off, and astray. Use awry when a plan or situation goes in a direction you did not want.

[00:00:24]The dinner plan went awry when the food never arrived. His careful schedule went awry after one small mistake.

[00:00:31]From Old English, a means on. Ry means twisted, on a twisted path.

[00:00:36]When things go awry, they twist away from what you planned.