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wrong
[ rawng, rong ]
adjective
- not in accordance with what is morally right or good:
a wrong deed.
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- deviating from truth or fact; erroneous:
a wrong answer.
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- not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a person; in error:
You are wrong to blame him.
- not proper or usual; not in accordance with requirements or recommended practice:
the wrong way to hold a golf club.
- out of order; awry; amiss:
Something is wrong with the machine.
- not suitable or appropriate:
He always says the wrong thing.
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- (of clothing) that should be worn or kept inward or under:
You're wearing the sweater wrong side out.
noun
- that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil:
I committed many wrongs.
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- an injustice:
The wrongs they suffered aged them.
- Law.
- an invasion of another's right, to his damage.
- a tort.
adverb
- in a wrong manner; not rightly; awry; amiss:
You did it wrong again.
verb (used with object)
- to do wrong to; treat unfairly or unjustly; harm.
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- to impute evil to (someone) unjustly; malign.
wrong
/ ɒŋ /
adjective
- not correct or truthful
the wrong answer
- acting or judging in error
you are wrong to think that
- postpositive immoral; bad
it is wrong to cheat
- deviating from or unacceptable to correct or conventional laws, usage, etc
- not intended or wanted
the wrong road
- postpositive not working properly; amiss
something is wrong with the engine
- (of a side, esp of a fabric) intended to face the inside so as not to be seen
- get on the wrong side of or get in wrong with informal.to come into disfavour with
- go down the wrong way(of food) to pass into the windpipe instead of the gullet
adverb
- in the wrong direction or manner
- go wrong
- to turn out other than intended
- to make a mistake
- (of a machine, etc) to cease to function properly
- to go astray morally
- get wrong
- to fail to understand properly
- to fail to provide the correct answer to
noun
- a bad, immoral, or unjust thing or action
- law
- an infringement of another person's rights, rendering the offender liable to a civil action, as for breach of contract or tort
a private wrong
- a violation of public rights and duties, affecting the community as a whole and actionable at the instance of the Crown
a public wrong
- in the wrongmistaken or guilty
verb
- to treat unjustly
- to discredit, malign, or misrepresent
- to seduce or violate
Derived Forms
- ˈɰDzԲԱ, noun
- ˈɰDzԲ, noun
- ˈɰDzԲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɰDzԲİ noun
- ɰDzԲl adverb
- ɰDzԲn noun
- ܲȴ-ɰDzԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wrong1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wrong1
Idioms and Phrases
- get in wrong, Slang. to cause to come into disfavor:
We are forever getting in wrong with the people next door.
- go wrong,
- to go amiss; fail:
Everything is going wrong today.
- to pursue an immoral course; become depraved:
Bad friends caused him to go wrong.
- in the wrong, to blame; in error:
He knew he was in the wrong but refused to concede the point.
More idioms and phrases containing wrong
see back the wrong horse ; bark up the wrong tree ; do someone wrong ; get someone wrong ; get up on the wrong side of bed ; go wrong ; in the wrong ; on the right (wrong) foot ; on the right (wrong) tack ; right (wrong) side of the tracks ; rub the wrong way ; take the wrong way ; two wrongs do not make a right .Example Sentences
She wholeheartedly agreed when another diner commented: "Trump may be wrong, but at least he's trying."
“After they do their time as of now, we have to release them into the general population, and I believe that is wrong,” he said.
But among his supporters, his ongoing legal troubles have only further buttressed the image of a wronged saviour.
"It may be that staff didn't attach a card or tag immediately, or that it simply fell off and was put back on the wrong baby or on the wrong crib."
The “Common Side Effects” writers go to admirable lengths to explain why a cure-all mushroom could be hazardous; violence would soar, the medicine could fall into the wrong hands, evildoers would never die.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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