wrong (rɒŋ
)
Definitions
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
- US (of a side, esp of a fabric) intended to face the inside so as not to be seen
- See get on the wrong side of
- See go down the wrong way
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
- an infringement of another person's rights, rendering the offender liable to a civil action, as for breach of contract or tort ⇒
- See in the wrong
verb (tr)
- to treat unjustly
- to discredit, malign, or misrepresent
- to seduce or violate
Alternative Forms
ˈwronger noun ˈwrongly adverb ˈwrongness nounWord Origin
Old English wrang injustice, from Old Norse vrang; see wringSynonyms
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incorrect,
mistaken,
false,
faulty,
inaccurate,
untrue,
erroneous,
off target
unsound,
in error,
wide of the mark
fallacious,
off base,
off beam,
way off beam
=
inappropriate,
incorrect,
unfitting,
unsuitable,
unhappy,
not done
unacceptable,
undesirable,
improper,
unconventional,
incongruous,
unseemly,
unbecoming,
indecorous,
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infelicitous,
malapropos,
=
bad,
criminal,
illegal,
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unlawful,
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immoral,
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dishonest,
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sinful,
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reprehensible,
dishonourable,
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not cricket,
felonious,
blameworthy,
=
offence,
injury,
crime,
abuse,
error,
sin,
injustice,
grievance,
infringement,
trespass,
misdeed,
transgression,
infraction,
bad or evil deed
Quotations
"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday"
"Two wrongs don't make a right"
Translations
- British English:
wrong
If there is something wrong, there is something that is not as it should be.Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong.rɒŋ ADJECTIVE Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong.
- Spanish:
incorrecto
adj incorrecta
- French:
faux
adj
- German:
falsch
adj
- Chinese: 错误的 adj
- Arabic: خاطِئ adj
- Portuguese: errado adj errada
- Russian: неправильный adj неправильная
- Croatian: pogrešan adj pogrešna
- Czech: špatný adj
- Danish: forkert adj
- Dutch: verkeerd adj
- Finnish: väärä adj
- Greek: λανθασμένος adj λανθασμένη
- Italian: sbagliato adj sbagliata
- Japanese: 間違った no_posp
- Korean: 틀린 adj
- Norwegian: feil adj
- Polish: zły adj zła
- Brazilian Portuguese: errado adj errada
- European Spanish:
incorrecto
adj incorrecta
- Swedish: felaktig adj felaktigt
- Thai: อย่างไม่ถูกต้อง adj
- Turkish: yanlış adj
- Vietnamese: sai adj
- British English:
wrong
If you say that an answer is wrong, you mean that it is not right.No, you've got that wrong!rɒŋ ADJECTIVE No, you've got that wrong!
- Spanish:
mal
adv
- French:
faux
adv
- German:
falsch
adv
- Chinese: 错误地 adv
- Arabic: بِطَرِيقَةٍ خاطِئَة adv
- Portuguese: incorrectamente adv
- Russian: неправильно adv
- Croatian: pogrešno adv
- Czech: špatně adv
- Danish: forkert adv
- Dutch: verkeerd adv
- Finnish: väärin adv
- Greek: λανθασμένα adv
- Italian: in modo sbagliato adv
- Japanese: 間違って adv
- Korean: 잘못하여 adv
- Norwegian: feil adv
- Polish: źle adv
- Brazilian Portuguese: incorretamente adv
- European Spanish:
mal
adv
- Swedish: fel adv
- Thai: อย่างผิดพลาด adv
- Turkish: yanlış adv
- Vietnamese: một cách sai lầm adv
Usage examples
A thief is not doing something wrong , he is honouring Dacendaran, the God of Thieves.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Despite meticulous planning, everything seems to have gone wrong.
Country Life (2004)It was wrong to put solid structures into evolving coastlines, he said.
Irish Times (2002)In half a century she has scarcely put a foot wrong ; there have been no gaffes, not the least whiff of personal scandal.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She told Dr Klawans that he was quite wrong about the hereditary nature of Walter ' s problem.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)