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wrong
adj
    1. Not correct or accurate; mistaken.
      Thesaurus: inaccurate, erroneous, false, incorrect, mistaken, off base (US), wide of the mark; Antonym: accurate, correct.
    2. Not appropriate or suitable.
    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.
    5. Defective or faulty.
    6. Amiss; causing trouble, pain, etc.
      Thesaurus: amiss, awry.
    7. Said of one side of a fabric or garment, etc: intended as the inner or unseen side.
    8. Not socially acceptable.
adverb
    1. Incorrectly.
    2. Improperly; badly.
noun
    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.
    3. law.
      An offence, either against an individual (private wrong) or against the public or society (public wrong).
verb wronged, wronging
    1. To treat someone unjustly; to do wrong to someone.
      Thesaurus: abuse, harm, hurt, injure, malign, mistreat, oppress, ill-use.
    2. To judge unfairly.
    3. To deprive someone of some right; to defraud.
Derivative: wronger
noun
    Derivative: wrongly
    adverb
      In the wrong direction or way.
        Thesaurus: incorrectly, inaccurately, erroneously, mistakenly; Antonym: rightly.
    Derivative: wrongness
    noun
      Idiom: don't get me wrong
        colloq
        Don't misinterpret or misunderstand me.
      Idiom: get on the wrong side of someone
        colloq
        To antagonize them; to make them displeased or annoyed with one.
      Idiom: get out of bed on the wrong side
        To get up in the morning in a bad mood.
      Idiom: get something wrong
        To give the incorrect answer to it, or do it incorrectly.
        To misunderstand it.
      Idiom: go wrong
        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.
      Idiom: in the wrong
        Guilty of an error or injustice.
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wrang.



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