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wrong
adj
- 1. Not correct or accurate; mistaken.
- Thesaurus: inaccurate, erroneous, false, incorrect, mistaken, off base (
3. Not good or sensible; unjustifiable.
4. Morally bad; wicked.
- Thesaurus: improper, inappropriate, bad, unethical, dishonest, dishonourable, reprehensible, unseemly, immoral, illicit, criminal, illegal, felonious; Antonym: ethical, right.
6. Amiss; causing trouble, pain, etc.
- Thesaurus: amiss, awry.
8. Not socially acceptable.
- 1. Incorrectly.
2. Improperly; badly.
- 1. Whatever is not right or just.
2. Any injury done to someone else.
- Thesaurus: transgression, sin, inequity, error, injustice, offence, abuse, crime, misdeed, infraction, trespass.
- An offence, either against an individual (private wrong) or against the public or society (public wrong).
- 1. To treat someone unjustly; to do wrong to someone.
- Thesaurus: abuse, harm, hurt, injure, malign, mistreat, oppress, ill-use.
3. To deprive someone of some right; to defraud.
noun
adverb
- In the wrong direction or way.
- Thesaurus: incorrectly, inaccurately, erroneously, mistakenly; Antonym: rightly.
noun
- colloq
Don't misinterpret or misunderstand me.
- colloq
To antagonize them; to make them displeased or annoyed with one.
- To get up in the morning in a bad mood.
- To give the incorrect answer to it, or do it incorrectly.
- To misunderstand it.
- Said of plans, etc: to fail to go as intended.
- To make an error.
- To stray morally; to fall into bad ways.
- Said of a mechanical device: to stop functioning properly.
- Guilty of an error or injustice.
