akilter

adjective2

1. •
   crooked, out of alignment, askew

   • All of their gardens had been crushed by winter storms and their corn patches were defeated and all akilter. — 1995
2. •
   (figurative) twisted, dysfunctional

   • He knew something was wrong by the smell of the house and the sounds and colours of uneasy light that told him the mood of things was all akilter. — 2002