astray

Adverb

Meaning

Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wide out off lost erring askew false wrong gone fallen confused absent badly inaccurate mistakenly
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Antonyms

found right closely exactly specifically straight
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Phrases with the word

lead astray gone astray go astray from led astray led someone astray be led astray

Anagrams

Straya

Examples

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. Oscar Wilde

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray. Montesquieu

The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do. William Makepeace Thackeray

I have never seen anyone go astray who followed along the right way. Afghan Proverb

It is better to turn back than go astray. German Proverb

Better to ask than to go astray. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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