wrong /rong/

1. Incorrect
2. Erroneous
3. Morally unacceptable, immoral, wicked, sinful
4. Unacceptable according to some other recognized or imposed standard eg of taste or judgement
5. Not that (thing or person) which is required, intended, advisable or suitable
6. Amiss, unsatisfactory
7. Defective, faulty
8. Mistaken, misinformed
9. (of one side of a garment, fabric, etc) intended to be turned inward or under, not intended to be on view, under, inner, reverse
10. Crooked, curved, twisted, bent (obsolete)

1. Whatever is not right or just
2. Any injury done to another
3. Wrongdoing
4. Damage, harm (rare)

1. Incorrectly
2. Not in the right way, improperly, badly
3. Away from the right direction, astray

1. To treat unjustly, do wrong to
2. To judge unfairly, impute fault to unjustly
3. To deprive of some right
4. To defraud
5. To dishonour
6. To seduce (old)
7. To harm physically (obsolete and Scot)
8. To impair, spoil (obsolete)

wrongˈer noun

A person who wrongs another

wrongˈful adjective

1. Wrong
2. Unjust
3. Unlawful
4. Not legitimate
5. Unjustly held (Spenser)

wrongˈfully adverb

wrongˈfulness noun

wrongˈly adverb

wrongˈness noun

wrongˈous /rongˈgəs or rongˈəs/ adjective (old)

Unjust, illegal, wrongful

wrongˈously adverb

wrongˈdoer noun

An offender or transgressor

wrongˈdoing noun

Evil or illegal action or conduct

wrong-footˈ transitive verb

To cause to be (physically or mentally) off balance, or at a disadvantage

wrong-headˈed adjective

Obstinate and perverse, adhering stubbornly to wrong principles or policy

wrong-headˈedly adverb

wrong-headˈedness noun

wrong-mindˈed adjective

Having erroneous views

wrong number noun

1. A telephone number with which a caller is connected in error, esp through misdialling
2. A call involving such a misconnection

wrongˈ-timedˈ adjective (old)

Inopportune

wrongˈ'un noun (informal)

1. A dishonest character, a rogue
2. A googly (cricket)

do wrong

To act immorally or illegally

do wrong to (someone) or do (someone) wrong

1. To treat (someone) unjustly
2. (with oneself) to be mistaken (obsolete)

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand something totally

get in wrong with (informal)

To get on the wrong side of

get off on the wrong foot see under foot

get on the wrong side of

To arouse dislike or antagonism in

get out of bed on the wrong side

To get up in the morning in a bad mood

get wrong

1. To misunderstand
2. To misinterpret (a person) as in (informal) don't get me wrong
3. To get the wrong answer to (a sum, puzzle, question, etc)

go down the wrong way

(of food) to enter the trachea instead of the oesophagus

go wrong

1. (of plans, etc) to fail to go as intended
2. To make a mistake or mistakes
3. To stray morally
4. To stop functioning properly

have wrong (obsolete)

To suffer injustice or injury

in the wrong

1. Holding an erroneous view or unjust position
2. Guilty of error or injustice

private wrong

A violation of the civil or personal rights of an individual

public wrong

A crime that affects the community

put in the wrong

To cause to appear in error, guilty of injustice, etc

wrong in the head (informal)

Mentally unbalanced, mad

wrong side out

Inside out

wrong way round or up

Respectively back to front and upside down

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