astray
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astray
- /əˈstɹeɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).
adverb
- Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction. Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.
- Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wide, lose, error, bad, wandering, chemin, misdirected, lost, adrift, off-track, awry, amiss, misguided, stray, roaming, wayward
Translations
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adv in a wrong direction
| Español | perdido, extraviado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 道に迷って |
| 中文 | 迷途地 |
| Deutsch | in die Irre |
| Italiano | fuori dalla retta via, sviato, fuori strada, traviato |
| Русский | заблуди́вшись zabludívšisʹ, сби́вшись с пути́ sbívšisʹ s putí |
| العربية | بِضَلَال biḍalāl, عَلَى ضَلَال ʕalā ḍalāl, ضَالًّا ḍāllan |
Talk about this word "astray." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/astray. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. astray. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/astray "astray." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/astray.Cite this
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title = {astray},
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