wrong

Meaning of wrong

adjective
  1. not correct or true; incorrect.
    that is the wrong answer
  2. unjust, dishonest, or immoral.
    that was wrong of me
    they were wrong to take the law into their own hands
adverb
  1. in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.
    what am I doing wrong?
noun
  1. an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act.
    I have done you a great wrong
    I was trying to teach my children right from wrong
verb
  1. act unjustly or dishonestly towards.
    they would kill a man who wronged a family

late Old English wrang, from Old Norse rangr ‘awry, unjust’; related to wring.

Information about wrong

  • The plural form of wrong is: wrongs.
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Hyphenation of wrong

wrong

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • wrong is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wrong synonyms

Meaning incorrect:

incorrect

Meaning unsuitable:

unsuitable, improper

Meaning amiss:

amiss, awry, haywire

Meaning ill-timed:

unseasonable, untimely

Meaning wrongfulness:

wrongfulness

Meaning legal injury:

damage

Meaning incorrectly:

incorrectly, wrongly

Meaning wrong in one's opinion or judgement:

mistaken

Meaning wrong; incorrect:

erroneous

Meaning not accurate:

inaccurate

Meaning not quite accurate or correct:

inexact

Meaning lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:

imprecise

Meaning a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury:

invalid

Meaning not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect:

untrue

Meaning not according with truth or fact; incorrect:

false

Meaning based on a mistaken belief:

fallacious

Meaning giving the wrong idea or impression:

misleading

Meaning lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning:

illogical

Meaning not based on sound or reliable evidence or reasoning:

unsound

Meaning having no foundation or basis in fact:

unfounded

Meaning (of reasoning and other mental processes) mistaken or misleading because of flaws:

faulty

Meaning having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection:

flawed

Meaning not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted):

bogus

Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:

phoney

Meaning mistaken; in error:

out

Meaning unpredictable and potentially dangerous:

dicey

Meaning full of uncertainty; doubtful:

iffy

Meaning dishonest or unreliable:

dodgy

Meaning in or to a foreign country or countries:

abroad

Meaning contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law:

illegal

Meaning not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules:

unlawful

Meaning forbidden by law, rules, or custom:

illicit

Meaning (of an offence) rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury:

indictable

Meaning not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order:

lawless

Meaning relating to crime:

criminal

Meaning (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime:

delinquent

Meaning relating to or involved in crime:

felonious

Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:

dishonest

Meaning having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain:

corrupt

Meaning not morally correct:

unethical

Meaning not conforming to accepted standards of morality:

immoral

Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:

bad

Meaning evil or morally wrong:

wicked

Meaning the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported:

base

Meaning profoundly immoral and wicked:

evil

Meaning wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins:

sinful

Meaning wicked or immoral:

foul

Meaning deserving hatred and contempt:

despicable

Meaning grossly unfair and morally wrong:

iniquitous

Meaning (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal:

nefarious

Meaning responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame:

blameworthy

Meaning deserving blame:

culpable

Meaning bent or twisted out of shape or out of place:

crooked

Meaning situated in or full of shade:

shady

Meaning sharply curved or having an angle:

bent

Meaning a wicked or illegal act:

misdeed

Meaning damage to a person's feelings:

injury

Meaning an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law:

crime

Meaning the action of violating someone or something:

violation

Meaning the action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc.; violation:

infringement

Meaning a violation or infringement of a law or agreement:

infraction

Meaning an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence:

transgression

Meaning a relatively minor fault or sin:

peccadillo

Meaning an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law:

sin

Meaning an unjust act or occurrence:

injustice

Meaning lack of equality or justice:

unfairness

Meaning a real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment:

grievance

Meaning an action or event causing outrage:

outrage

Meaning an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury:

atrocity

Meaning wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official:

malfeasance

Meaning a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability:

tort

Meaning a sin or offence:

trespass

wrong antonyms

Meaning morally good, justified, or acceptable:

right

Meaning free from error; in accordance with fact or truth:

correct

Meaning relating to the law:

legal

Meaning relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these:

ethical

Translation of wrong

Anagrams of wrong

grown

Words that rhyme with wrong

Rong, rong, barong, sarong, athrong, enthrong, inthrong, overthrong, throng, morong, Dryprong, biprong, prong, sprong, Armstrong, Strong, armstrong, harstrong, headstrong, overstrong, strong, superstrong, unstrong, wonderstrong, Souphanourong, binturong, awrong

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