wrongfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈrɒŋf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈrɔŋfəl/,

/ˈrɑŋfəl/

Forms: Also Middle English wrangful.

Etymology: < wrong n.² + -ful suffix.

a. Full of wrong, injustice, or injury; marked or characterized by wrong, unfairness, or violation of equity; unfair.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wrongousa1200

wrongfulc1311

unevenc1380

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unduec1450

inique1521

unequal1535

wry1561

undeserved?c1570

justless1578

unrighted1608

unequitable1643

inequitable1667

unfair1724

iniquitablea1734

unsportsmanlike1754

unsportsmanly1776

unsporting1859

below the belt1892

red-hot1896

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > marked or characterized by wrong

wrongousa1200

wrongfulc1311

c1311 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 256 For wille is red, the lond is wrecful; For wit is qued, the lond is wrongful.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 211 Pandolf proued þe kyng, in his disputeson, He mayntend wrongfulle þing, & wild to no reson.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 358 Of his wrongful herte he demeth That al is wel.

c1445 R. Pecock Donet 94 Þouȝ al þis lijf be foule, peynful,..vnkynde, wrongful.

?1520 Ld. J. Butler in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 51 There is noo thinge so unjuste or so wrongfull but our Deputie here..wolde..suffer..the same.

1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 10 This fact was very wrongfull of the Pope for the deede.

1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. B2^v Heape not wrongfull shame On her.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 379 Nor want they Lots, nor Judges to review The wrongful Sentence.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama ii. 12 In that wrongful and upbraiding tone, Kehama found relief.

1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 261 A wrongful policy may be maintained.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xl. 301 He regarded slavery simply as an unnatural and wrongful accident.

b. Of actions: Performed, executed, or done unjustly, unfairly, or harmfully; injurious, harmful; unjust.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [adjective]

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

injuriousa1513

tortious1532

offendent1547

wronging1845

injuring1877

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful action > [adjective]

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wronga1275

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unconscionable1492

injuriousa1513

wry1561

justless1578

iniquous1655

iniquitous1726

c1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 618 Þe kinde of þi manhede Wolde haue wreche of wrongful dede.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 358 Thei wrongfull werres usen.

c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 186 Ȝeuynge occasioun of offence..by envie, false couetise, and wrongful demynge.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. viii. sig. t.i ^v In suche maner that the stroke or the betynge after the ryght may be sayd cruell, and wrongfull.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vi. sig. R6^v Where daunger would offer to make any wrongfull threatning vpon him.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1989) iii. §4 166 He..must redeem his fault by alms, according to the value of his wrongful dealing.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Usurping, a wrongful taking that which is another's Right.

1839–40 W. Wordsworth Fit Retrib. in Sonn. 5 She plants well-measured terrors in the road Of wrongful acts.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith v. 203 Passion, prejudice, and corrupt self-interest make wrongful entrance.

†2. Of persons: That commits wrong; that does wrong or injustice to (or against) another. Cf. wrong adj. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective]

misfaringc1300

fayllarda1325

wronga1382

wrongfulc1384

misdoinga1398

misdeedya1400

wrongdoingc1400

digressinga1535

transgressing1535

offending1552

exorbitant1556

offensive1595

transgressive1646

maleficent1760

transgredient1837

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending

misfaringc1300

fayllarda1325

wrongfulc1384

digressinga1535

offending1552

offensive1595

peccant1604

sinning1610

transgressinga1812

transgredient1837

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xii. 58 Lest perauenture..the domesman bitake thee to the wrongful axere, and the wrongful axere sende thee in to prisoun.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11539 Wrooþ wex þat wrongful [Vesp. wrangwis] kyng.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2204 Þis nembrot [was]..wrongful emperour Robber & monqueller greet.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxv It foloweth not that God is to any man wrongfull.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. 1 Cor. 40 Yf we ryse not,..bothe you and I..are also founde wrongful agaynst god.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxviii. x Mighty wrongfull foes, Who do evill for good.

1618 R. Harris Samuels Funerall 22 I shall be wrongfull to conceale the other.

a. That is contrary to law, statute, or established rule; unlawful, illegal, tortious.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective]

unleefula1382

unlawfula1387

wrongfulc1386

unleesomec1400

unlisible?c1425

wrong1480

unlegitimate1602

illicit1606

illegal1626

non licet1628

adulterine1640

unlegal1640

illegitimate1645

illegitime1669

wrongous1671

contraband1686

illicitous1693

sly1829

unprocedural1929

bent1930

bust-out1934

bandulu1980

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋567 To yeuen conseil to areysen wrongful custumes and taillages.

1459 Paston Lett. I. 454 The wrongfull entre..made upon serteyn personys feffyd to myn use.

1483 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 395 Þe seid forcible & wrongfulle entree punysshable grevously by your lawes.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 23 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The wrongfull distrayning of any mans goods.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 277 b When an estranger that no right hath presenteth to a Church,..the wrongfull act..is called an Usurpation.

1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Trespass They were the Goods of the Plaintiff, when the Taking will be wrongful.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ix. 150 Unless the owner..will declare his continuance to be tortious, or, in common language, wrongful.

1844 T. B. Macaulay Speech 6 June (1854) 327 All the statutes of limitation..sanction possession which was originally wrongful.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 462/1 It was regarded as treason to the king, inasmuch as it was a wrongful detaining of his free liegeman.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 36 To charge Godric with wrongful occupation of the King's land.

b. Of persons: That is such without legitimacy or right; holding office, possession, etc., unlawfully or illegally; having no legal right or claim; = wrong adj. 12.

ΘΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > not having certain privileges > having no rightful claim or unentitled

titlelessc1405

wrongful1567

untitleda1616

unentitleda1768

claimless1814

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 60 In reuengement of the right against the wrongfull heyre.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 149 Charge them wee cannot as..wrongfull possessors of that whereunto they haue right.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 203 His..sonne..to death was lastly done, To set his rightfull Crowne vpon a wrongfull head.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 263 Seizing the franchise, or ousting the wrongful possessor.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 324 There's a rightful heir..; and a wrongful heir, who loves her too.

†c. Unjustly detained. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > unjustly detained

wrongful1596

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. viii. sig. T The Prince..Did of him requere That Damzell, whom he held as wrongfull prisonere.

†4. Of the nature of error; mistaken, incorrect, erroneous. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]

unrightlyeOE

leasea900

falsec1175

untruec1370

untruefulc1380

erroneousc1400

fallacec1400

wrongc1420

unsubstantialc1455

wrongfulc1470

unrighteous1507

improper1531

perverse1531

mistaken1540

square1549

truthless1568

uncorrect1568

misconceiveda1612

errorous1633

swervinga1638

tralatitious1645

out of the way1676

wrongous1768

aberrated1834

aberrational1837

unsubstantiated1837

unevidenced1842

non-realistic1882

unsubstantiate1890

screwed-up1942

disauthentic1960

c1470 Cath. Angl. 424/2 (A.) Wrongfulle, erroneus.

1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 113, in Apol. Priuate Masse To depende vpon your wrongefull interpretacion of Christes wordes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wrongful
释义	wrongfuladj. Brit. /ˈrɒŋf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈrɔŋfəl/, /ˈrɑŋfəl/ Forms: Also Middle English wrangful. Etymology: < wrong n.² + -ful suffix. 1. a. Full of wrong, injustice, or injury; marked or characterized by wrong, unfairness, or violation of equity; unfair. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 unevenc1380 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unduec1450 inique1521 unequal1535 wry1561 undeserved?c1570 justless1578 unrighted1608 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1724 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > marked or characterized by wrong wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 c1311 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 256 For wille is red, the lond is wrecful; For wit is qued, the lond is wrongful. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 211 Pandolf proued þe kyng, in his disputeson, He mayntend wrongfulle þing, & wild to no reson. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 358 Of his wrongful herte he demeth That al is wel. c1445 R. Pecock Donet 94 Þouȝ al þis lijf be foule, peynful,..vnkynde, wrongful. ?1520 Ld. J. Butler in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 51 There is noo thinge so unjuste or so wrongfull but our Deputie here..wolde..suffer..the same. 1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 10 This fact was very wrongfull of the Pope for the deede. 1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. B2^v Heape not wrongfull shame On her. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 379 Nor want they Lots, nor Judges to review The wrongful Sentence. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama ii. 12 In that wrongful and upbraiding tone, Kehama found relief. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 261 A wrongful policy may be maintained. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xl. 301 He regarded slavery simply as an unnatural and wrongful accident. b. Of actions: Performed, executed, or done unjustly, unfairly, or harmfully; injurious, harmful; unjust. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [adjective] wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 injuriousa1513 tortious1532 offendent1547 wronging1845 injuring1877 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful action > [adjective] wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wronga1275 wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unconscionable1492 injuriousa1513 wry1561 justless1578 iniquous1655 iniquitous1726 c1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 618 Þe kinde of þi manhede Wolde haue wreche of wrongful dede. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 358 Thei wrongfull werres usen. c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 186 Ȝeuynge occasioun of offence..by envie, false couetise, and wrongful demynge. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. viii. sig. t.i ^v In suche maner that the stroke or the betynge after the ryght may be sayd cruell, and wrongfull. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vi. sig. R6^v Where daunger would offer to make any wrongfull threatning vpon him. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1989) iii. §4 166 He..must redeem his fault by alms, according to the value of his wrongful dealing. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Usurping, a wrongful taking that which is another's Right. 1839–40 W. Wordsworth Fit Retrib. in Sonn. 5 She plants well-measured terrors in the road Of wrongful acts. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith v. 203 Passion, prejudice, and corrupt self-interest make wrongful entrance. †2. Of persons: That commits wrong; that does wrong or injustice to (or against) another. Cf. wrong adj. 4. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] misfaringc1300 fayllarda1325 wronga1382 wrongfulc1384 misdoinga1398 misdeedya1400 wrongdoingc1400 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 offending1552 exorbitant1556 offensive1595 transgressive1646 maleficent1760 transgredient1837 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending misfaringc1300 fayllarda1325 wrongfulc1384 digressinga1535 offending1552 offensive1595 peccant1604 sinning1610 transgressinga1812 transgredient1837 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xii. 58 Lest perauenture..the domesman bitake thee to the wrongful axere, and the wrongful axere sende thee in to prisoun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11539 Wrooþ wex þat wrongful [Vesp. wrangwis] kyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2204 Þis nembrot [was]..wrongful emperour Robber & monqueller greet. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxv It foloweth not that God is to any man wrongfull. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. 1 Cor. 40 Yf we ryse not,..bothe you and I..are also founde wrongful agaynst god. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxviii. x Mighty wrongfull foes, Who do evill for good. 1618 R. Harris Samuels Funerall 22 I shall be wrongfull to conceale the other. 3. a. That is contrary to law, statute, or established rule; unlawful, illegal, tortious. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] unleefula1382 unlawfula1387 wrongfulc1386 unleesomec1400 unlisible?c1425 wrong1480 unlegitimate1602 illicit1606 illegal1626 non licet1628 adulterine1640 unlegal1640 illegitimate1645 illegitime1669 wrongous1671 contraband1686 illicitous1693 sly1829 unprocedural1929 bent1930 bust-out1934 bandulu1980 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋567 To yeuen conseil to areysen wrongful custumes and taillages. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 454 The wrongfull entre..made upon serteyn personys feffyd to myn use. 1483 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 395 Þe seid forcible & wrongfulle entree punysshable grevously by your lawes. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 23 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The wrongfull distrayning of any mans goods. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 277 b When an estranger that no right hath presenteth to a Church,..the wrongfull act..is called an Usurpation. 1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Trespass They were the Goods of the Plaintiff, when the Taking will be wrongful. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ix. 150 Unless the owner..will declare his continuance to be tortious, or, in common language, wrongful. 1844 T. B. Macaulay Speech 6 June (1854) 327 All the statutes of limitation..sanction possession which was originally wrongful. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 462/1 It was regarded as treason to the king, inasmuch as it was a wrongful detaining of his free liegeman. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 36 To charge Godric with wrongful occupation of the King's land. b. Of persons: That is such without legitimacy or right; holding office, possession, etc., unlawfully or illegally; having no legal right or claim; = wrong adj. 12. ΘΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > not having certain privileges > having no rightful claim or unentitled titlelessc1405 wrongful1567 untitleda1616 unentitleda1768 claimless1814 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 60 In reuengement of the right against the wrongfull heyre. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 149 Charge them wee cannot as..wrongfull possessors of that whereunto they haue right. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 203 His..sonne..to death was lastly done, To set his rightfull Crowne vpon a wrongfull head. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 263 Seizing the franchise, or ousting the wrongful possessor. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 324 There's a rightful heir..; and a wrongful heir, who loves her too. †c. Unjustly detained. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [adjective] > unjustly detained wrongful1596 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. viii. sig. T The Prince..Did of him requere That Damzell, whom he held as wrongfull prisonere. View more context for this quotation †4. Of the nature of error; mistaken, incorrect, erroneous. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 c1470 Cath. Angl. 424/2 (A.) Wrongfulle, erroneus. 1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 113, in Apol. Priuate Masse To depende vpon your wrongefull interpretacion of Christes wordes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1311
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