catawampus
adjective,adverb
USinformaluk/ˌkæt.əˈwɒm.pəs/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈwɑːm.pəs/(alsocattywampus,uk/ˌkæt.iˈwɒm.pəs/us/ˌkæt̬.iˈwɑːm.pəs/)goingbadly,awkwardly, or in thewrongdirection:
奇怪的；恶意的；方向错误的Thescriptisspoiledbyitscatawampusrhythmsanditslackofconsistencyandplausibility.这个剧本被奇怪的节奏以及缺乏连贯性和合理性破坏了。
I didn't need this,especiallyon amorningwhen everythingelsehad alreadystartedoutgoingcattywampus.我可不需要这个，特别是在这么一个早上，一切已经都开始变得不对劲。
- Dear me, everything has gone catawampus with me thisweek.
- This is amarketwhere thatmantra"buy, don'trent" has beenturnedcatawampus.
- Chagall'sworkusesgeometricshapes,sharpangles,boldcoloursand catawampuscharacters.
- From thatmomenton in themoviethings go cattywampus for thesquad.
Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomalous
- awry
- bark
- false positive
- falsely
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doingsomethingidiom
- irregular
- irregularly
- liberal
- liberally
- mal-
- mis-
- quarrel
- wrongly