astray

Meaning

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

Synonyms

lost

wide

wrong

amiss

misbegotten

misguide

mislead

stray

straying

vagabond

vagrant

wanderer

wasted

go astray

half baked

in the wrong way

off the track

ill-begotten

awry

errant

lead astray

Translations

égaré

παραστρατημένος

extraviado

perdido

fourvoyer

fuori strada

desencaminado

égarer

desencaminadament

leitete irre

extraviar

schlecht durchdacht

führte irre

περιπλανώμενος

عَلَى ضَلَال

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈstɹeɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: astraien

In summary

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”).