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wrong en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹɔŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • rông (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɹaŋ/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ- /*wrengʷʰder.? Proto-Germanic *wringaną Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Germanic *-az Proto-Germanic *wrangaz Proto-West Germanic *wrang ▲ Old Norse rangrinflu. Old English wrang Old Norse rangrinflu. Middle English wrong English wrong From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

Meanings

  1. Incorrect or untrue.
    • In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […] 2015 December 26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions', Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 143:
    • Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […] c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
    • Throughout this time, Mystic Wolmar has been trying his luck and mostly getting it wrong - especially in 2006, when he got virtually everything wrong, including the departure of Tony Blair. 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:
    • Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
    • You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone? 1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 40:
  2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
    • You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
  3. Immoral, not good, bad.
    • It is wrong to lie.
    • Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this! 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Council Chambers, Citadel:
  4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
    • A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
  5. Not working; out of order.
    • Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.
    • Something is wrong with my cellphone.
  6. Designed to be worn or placed inward.
    • the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth
  7. Twisted; wry.
    • a wrong nose

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more wrong Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most wrong Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

front · right · right

Deriveds

wrong-doing (Terms derived from wrong) · can't do right for doing wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-headedly (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong rook pawn (Terms derived from wrong) · get the wrong idea (Terms derived from wrong) · make the wrong turn at Albuquerque (Terms derived from wrong) · get up on the wrong side of bed (Terms derived from wrong) · do somebody wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · dead wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · choose the wrong horse (Terms derived from wrong) · correct me if I'm wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth (Terms derived from wrong) · bark at the wrong tree (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-headedness (Terms derived from wrong) · wrongdoing (Terms derived from wrong) · take a wrong turn at Albuquerque (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong take (Terms derived from wrong) · make a wrong turn at Albuquerque (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-way driver (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-minded (Terms derived from wrong) · comb someone's hair the wrong way (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong side (Terms derived from wrong) · on the wrong side of the blanket (Terms derived from wrong) · rub up the wrong way (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-mindedness (Terms derived from wrong) · gone wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · fall into the wrong hands (Terms derived from wrong) · what’s wrong with this picture? (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong end of the stick (Terms derived from wrong) · begin at the wrong end (Terms derived from wrong) · get on someone's wrong side (Terms derived from wrong) · through the wrong end of the telescope (Terms derived from wrong) · on the wrong side of history (Terms derived from wrong) · on the wrong foot (Terms derived from wrong) · pick the wrong horse (Terms derived from wrong) · go down the wrong throat (Terms derived from wrong) · wronger than wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · back the wrong horse (Terms derived from wrong) · laugh on the wrong side of one's face (Terms derived from wrong) · get out of bed on the wrong side (Terms derived from wrong) · get off on the wrong foot (Terms derived from wrong) · get into the wrong hands (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong side of town (Terms derived from wrong) · wrongdoer (Terms derived from wrong) · go down the wrong pipe (Terms derived from wrong) · on the wrong track (Terms derived from wrong) · get up on the wrong side of the bed (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-mindedly (Terms derived from wrong) · no wrong answers (Terms derived from wrong) · wrength (Terms derived from wrong) · don't get me wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong warp (Terms derived from wrong) · wrongly (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-footed (Terms derived from wrong) · wrongful (Terms derived from wrong) · get wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong on so many levels (Terms derived from wrong) · the wrong side of (Terms derived from wrong) · in the wrong place at the wrong time (Terms derived from wrong) · take the wrong turn at Albuquerque (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong crowd (Terms derived from wrong) · dead-wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · wrongness (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-endian (Terms derived from wrong) · wake up on the wrong side of bed (Terms derived from wrong) · meteorwrong (Terms derived from wrong) · not even wrong (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong foot (Terms derived from wrong) · wrong-take (Terms derived from wrong) · rub someone up the wrong way (Terms derived from wrong)

Synonyms

back · faulty · injurious · false · unfit · detrimental · unjust · unsuitable

Translations (323)

hsb njepřihódny (improper) · be непра́вільны (incorrect) · lt netinkamas (improper) · lt nemoralus (immoral) · it immorale (immoral) · bg не наре́д (not working) · fi huono (improper) · de falschliegen (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · hu hibás (incorrect) · es malo (immoral) · bg обра́тен (designed to be worn or placed inward) · de verkehrt (incorrect) · pt errado (improper) · de falsch (designed to be worn or placed inward) · pdt faulsch (incorrect) · vi xấu (immoral) · pt impróprio (improper) · hu erkölcstelen (immoral) · ca erroni (incorrect) · ro nedrept (immoral) · fr incorrect (incorrect) · hu nem megfelelő (improper) · hi अनैतिक (immoral) · sh pogrešan (incorrect) · no uriktig (incorrect) · nl verkeerd (immoral) · bg неизпра́вен (not working) · hsb wopačny (incorrect) · gd ceàrr (improper) · da forkert (incorrect) · no feil (not working) · vi không tốt (immoral) · fr erroné (incorrect) · bg неподхо́дящ (improper) · bg нере́ден (immoral) · vi sai (incorrect) · nl mis (incorrect) · izh murna (designed to be worn or placed inward) · hsb njewěrny (incorrect) · lt amoralus (immoral) · pt inadequado (improper) · nl verkeerd (incorrect) · scn sbagghiatu (incorrect) · es plancha quemada (incorrect) · fr fautif (incorrect) · hu téves (incorrect) · fr impropre (improper) · ka არასწორი (improper) · mr चूक (incorrect) · la perperus (incorrect) · ur غلط (incorrect) · id salah (incorrect) · bg несъотве́тен (improper) · km ខុស (incorrect) · ajp غلطان (incorrect) · hu belülre való (designed to be worn or placed inward) · ja 不適当な (improper) · de ungerecht (immoral) · id keliru (improper) · ang on wōh (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · is hafa rangt fyrir sér (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · nl slecht (improper) · gag yanlış (incorrect) · bg о́пак (designed to be worn or placed inward) · he לא נכון (incorrect) · dsb wopacny (incorrect) · pt errado (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · ar مُخْطِئ (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · fr avoir tort (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · es falso (improper) · fr immoral (immoral) · az səhv (incorrect) · nl slecht (immoral) · ru нехоро́ший (immoral) · lb falsch (incorrect) · lb verkéiert (improper) · de falsch (immoral) · pl niewłaściwy (improper) · fi sopimaton (improper) · el λανθασμένος (incorrect) · fr mauvais (improper) · la erroneus (incorrect) · lt nepadorus (improper) · nl onjuist (incorrect) · ar خَاطِئ (incorrect) · ja 具合が悪くて (not working) · de falsch (incorrect) · nl fout (not working) · pl nieprawidłowy (incorrect) · ajp غلطان (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · fr qui ne va pas (not working) · ase Y@Chin-PalmBack (incorrect) · tr yanlış (incorrect) · sl napačen (incorrect) · is óréttur (incorrect) · ia erronee (incorrect) · lb ongerecht (immoral) · ru неиспра́вный (not working) · hu rossz (incorrect) · hi ग़लत (incorrect) · kea rabés (incorrect) · is siðferðilega rangur (immoral) · de nicht in Ordnung (not working) · sh kriv (incorrect) · yue 錯 /错 (incorrect) · it scorretto (incorrect) · pl zły (incorrect) · el λάθος (immoral) · tpi kranki (immoral) · ja よくない (immoral) · fi vialla (not working) · el εσφαλμένος (incorrect) · tr hatalı (incorrect) · bg гре́шен (immoral) · fi vikaa (not working) · mr चुकीचा (incorrect) · is rangur (immoral) · nl mis (not working) · ro greșit (incorrect) · ang wōh (incorrect) · th ผิด (incorrect) · la falsus (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · vo neverätik (incorrect) · id keliru (immoral) · pt equivocado (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · ca equivocat (incorrect) · kum янгылыш (incorrect) · fi nurja (designed to be worn or placed inward) · te తప్పు (incorrect) · lt nedorovingas (immoral) · nan ⿱差錯 /⿱差错 (incorrect) · fy ferkeard (incorrect) · is hafa á röngu að standa (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · pl błędny (incorrect) · sa त्रुटिपूर्ण (incorrect) · nan 誕 /诞 (incorrect) · lt nedirbantis (not working) · ja 誤った (incorrect) · hu belül lévő (designed to be worn or placed inward) · te తప్పుడు (immoral) · ru плохо́й (immoral) · ru непра́вый (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · fa غلط (incorrect) · fi väärä (immoral) · sv fel (improper) · lv kļūdains (incorrect) · tpi kranki (incorrect) · lv nepareizs (incorrect) · hu belső (designed to be worn or placed inward) · is ósiðsamur (immoral) · ga contráilte (incorrect) · kk теріс (incorrect) · war sayop (incorrect) · fi väärä (improper) · tr yanlış (immoral) · ru непра́вильный (improper) · el πλανώμαι (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · bg несправедли́в (immoral) · pt avesso (designed to be worn or placed inward) · lt blogas (incorrect) · it errato (incorrect) · pt errado (not working) · it erroneo (incorrect) · ia a torto (not working) · fr faux (incorrect) · vi không đúng (incorrect) · no gal (improper) · lt nesąžiningas (improper) · ga contráilte (improper) · tr ahlaksız (immoral) · ro incorect (incorrect) · no galt (incorrect) · cs nesprávný (incorrect) · pt errado (immoral) · dsb wopacny (improper) · it sbagliato (incorrect) · de unfair (immoral) · ang wōh (improper) · sv inkorrekt (incorrect) · hy սխալ (incorrect) · sv fel (immoral) · id salah (not working) · is ranglátur (immoral) · is vera að (not working) · ru неве́рный (incorrect) · gd ceàrr (incorrect) · es incorrecto (incorrect) · pt errado (incorrect) · bg гре́шен (incorrect) · pdt orrajcht (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · bg нерабо́тещ (not working) · ja 悪い (immoral) · yi אומגערעכט (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · nl fout (incorrect) · ia improprie (improper) · ja 違った (incorrect) · ru оши́бочный (incorrect) · lv amorāls (immoral) · hy վատ (immoral) · te సరికాని (improper) · tr bozuk (not working) · el κάνω λάθος (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · sh pogrješan (incorrect) · nl verkeerd (improper) · lt neteisingas (incorrect) · yi פֿאַלש (incorrect) · no vrang (designed to be worn or placed inward) · hu nem működik (not working) · ang wōh (immoral) · nb feil (incorrect) · ru безнравственный (immoral) · lt klaidingas (incorrect) · lt neveikiantis (not working) · es equivocado (incorrect) · sv felaktig (incorrect) · ms salah (incorrect) · hi अशुद्ध (incorrect) · no galt (immoral) · pt errado (designed to be worn or placed inward) · bg непра́вилен (incorrect) · es falso (incorrect) · lv netikumīgs (immoral) · ro imoral (immoral) · lt nedoras (immoral) · nl fout (improper) · ba яңылыш (incorrect) · hi त्रुटिपूर्ण (incorrect) · az yanlış (incorrect) · tr hatalı (not working) · pt incorreto (incorrect) · ja 不適切な (improper) · tr yersiz (improper) · sh neispravan (not working) · yi נישט ריכטיק (incorrect) · ja よくない (improper) · fr mal (immoral) · lt nekorektiškas (incorrect) · is rangur (incorrect) · ka მცდარი (incorrect) · ja 故障で (not working) · el απατώμαι (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · lb falsch (improper) · uk непра́вильний (incorrect) · de verkehrt (designed to be worn or placed inward) · fi väärä (incorrect) · sv fel (incorrect) · ja 調子が狂って (not working) · pt imoral (immoral) · ajp غلطان (incorrect) · yi נישט גערעכט (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · mn буруу (incorrect) · es incorrecto (improper) · ia immoral (immoral) · cs špatný (immoral) · el λάθος (incorrect) · my မှား (incorrect) · id salah (improper) · sco wrang (incorrect) · pl nieodpowiedni (improper) · gd ceàrr (immoral) · hu rossz (not working) · cmn 錯 /错 (incorrect) · de irren (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · sv fel (not working) · qu panta (incorrect) · dsb njezgódny (improper) · ka არასწორი (incorrect) · war sala (incorrect) · de danebenliegen (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · es errado (incorrect) · ia mal (immoral) · bg гре́шен (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · el ακατάλληλος (improper) · ru аморальный (immoral) · hi अनुचित (improper) · ja 間違った (incorrect) · nl fout (immoral) · id salah (immoral) · hu helytelen (immoral) · cs chybný (incorrect) · tr yanlış (improper) · el λάθος (improper) · pl mylny (incorrect) · it immorale (immoral) · ia incorrecte (incorrect) · mr चुकीचे (incorrect) · nl verkeerd (not working) · fr dans l'erreur (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong) · tr uygunsuz (improper) · ru непра́вильный (incorrect) · ko 그른 (incorrect) · tr kötü (immoral) · sco wrang (improper) · la falsus (incorrect) · el στραβός (designed to be worn or placed inward) · it improprio (improper) · sco wrang (immoral) · id keliru (not working) · bg крив (twisted, wry) · dsb njepšawy (incorrect) · ar خَطَأ (incorrect) · es erróneo (incorrect) · lb onmoralesch (immoral) · de unrecht (immoral) · hu nem stimmel (not working) · ja 悪い (improper) · mr चुकीची (incorrect) · nn feil (incorrect) · ia illicite (immoral) · hsb njeprawy (incorrect) · ca incorrecte (incorrect) · ru несоотве́тствующий (improper) · is ósiðlegur (immoral) · eo malĝusta (incorrect) · id keliru (incorrect) · el ανάποδος (designed to be worn or placed inward) · lt neprideramas (improper) · fy fout (incorrect) · lt sugedęs (not working) · de falsch (improper) · cic oppolo (not working) · ota یالان (incorrect) · eo malprava (improper)

wrong en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹɔŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • rông (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɹaŋ/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ- /*wrengʷʰder.? Proto-Germanic *wringaną Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Germanic *-az Proto-Germanic *wrangaz Proto-West Germanic *wrang ▲ Old Norse rangrinflu. Old English wrang Old Norse rangrinflu. Middle English wrong English wrong From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

Meanings

  1. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
    • I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
    • `Then, just as I was, I walked out of the house and went to the recruiting-office, stating my age wrong.' 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 131:
    • You're doing it all wrong!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most wrong Degree=Sup lexicographic
more wrong Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (39)

hu rosszul (wrongly, incorrectly) · bg неправилно (wrongly, incorrectly) · pt erradamente (wrongly, incorrectly) · ia erroneemente (wrongly, incorrectly) · nn feil (wrongly, incorrectly) · pt incorretamente (wrongly, incorrectly) · cs špatně (wrongly, incorrectly) · fi väärin (wrongly, incorrectly) · de verkehrt (wrongly, incorrectly) · sco wrang (wrongly, incorrectly) · ase TH mouthing (wrongly, incorrectly) · no galt (wrongly, incorrectly) · is vitlaust (wrongly, incorrectly) · el λάθος (wrongly, incorrectly) · ia incorrectemente (wrongly, incorrectly) · nl verkeerd (wrongly, incorrectly) · pt errado (wrongly, incorrectly) · it erroneamente (wrongly, incorrectly) · nb feil (wrongly, incorrectly) · pt erroneamente (wrongly, incorrectly) · bg грешно (wrongly, incorrectly) · nl fout (wrongly, incorrectly) · tr yanlış (wrongly, incorrectly) · ase Y@Chin-PalmBack (wrongly, incorrectly) · it male (wrongly, incorrectly) · ru не та́к (wrongly, incorrectly) · gd ceàrr (wrongly, incorrectly) · ca malament (wrongly, incorrectly) · da forkert (wrongly, incorrectly) · ru непра́вильно (wrongly, incorrectly) · is kolvitlaust (wrongly, incorrectly) · is rangt (wrongly, incorrectly) · ia a torto (wrongly, incorrectly) · sv fel (wrongly, incorrectly) · nl onjuist (wrongly, incorrectly) · sl narobe (wrongly, incorrectly) · el στραβά (wrongly, incorrectly) · de falsch (wrongly, incorrectly) · nl foutief (wrongly, incorrectly)

wrong en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹɔŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • rông (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɹaŋ/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ- /*wrengʷʰder.? Proto-Germanic *wringaną Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Germanic *-az Proto-Germanic *wrangaz Proto-West Germanic *wrang ▲ Old Norse rangrinflu. Old English wrang Old Norse rangrinflu. Middle English wrong English wrong From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

Meanings

  1. Something that is immoral or not good.
    • Injustice is a heinous wrong.
  2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
    • Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? 1597, John Dowland, The First Booke of Songes or Ayres, Part V:
  3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
    • I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong. c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], line 101:
  4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
    • Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant. c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], line 28:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wrongs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

in the wrong

Synonyms

devilishness · outrage · devilment · iniquity · bad manners · rascality · veniality · wrongdoing · vexation · deviltry · error · wrongness · woe · wickedness · atrocity · tort · disobedience · sorrow · impropriety · wrong · roguery · sin · hardship · villainy · wrong · grief · sorrow · roguery · misdemeanor · misdoing · scampishness · devilry · grievance · ruth · wrong · mischievousness · impropriety · depravity · misbehavior · elfishness · iniquity · hanky-panky · wrongdoing · misery · impishness · misdemeanor · sin · monkey business · naughtiness · malfeasance · roguishness · wrongfulness · undelight · prankishness · offense · wrongness · misconduct · wrong · delinquency · crime · sadness · aggrievance · pranksomeness · affliction · error · delinquency · hardship · peccadillo · goings-on · puckishness · turpitude · wrength · misdeed · depravity · infamy · badness · delict · transgression · distress · mischief · tortfeasance

Translations (88)

fi virhe (incorrect opinion or position) · hi दोषपूर्ण (incorrect opinion or position) · es mal (something immoral) · bg злина (opposite of right) · it torto (opposite of right) · bg грешка (instance of wronging someone) · bg грешка (incorrect opinion or position) · hi त्रुटिपूर्ण (opposite of right) · bg заблуждение (incorrect opinion or position) · de Vergehen (something immoral) · fi vääryys (opposite of right) · de Unrecht (incorrect opinion or position) · ru преступле́ние (something immoral) · es entuerto (instance of wronging someone) · fi väärä (opposite of right) · ru грех (something immoral) · de Unrecht (something immoral) · pl krzywda (instance of wronging someone) · nl misstand (something immoral) · hi अनैतिक (something immoral) · hu helytelen (opposite of right) · de Falsche (opposite of right) · pt injúria (opposite of right) · el κακό (something immoral) · bg простъпка (instance of wronging someone) · hi अन्याय (instance of wronging someone) · fi väärä (incorrect opinion or position) · nl onrechtmatige daad (something immoral) · fr crime (something immoral) · bg неправда (something immoral) · fr tort (opposite of right) · sv fel (opposite of right) · hu tévedés (incorrect opinion or position) · gl crime (something immoral) · hi अशुद्ध (opposite of right) · it torto (something immoral) · gd coire (opposite of right) · de Verfehlung (instance of wronging someone) · ota ظلم (something immoral) · el κρίμα (instance of wronging someone) · hu rossz (opposite of right) · nl kwaad (opposite of right) · bg злодеяние (instance of wronging someone) · de Fehltritt (instance of wronging someone) · bg зло (something immoral) · ang unriht (something immoral) · el αδίκημα (instance of wronging someone) · fi vääryys (instance of wronging someone) · nl onrecht (opposite of right) · pt erro (instance of wronging someone) · hu téveszme (incorrect opinion or position) · nl verkeerde (opposite of right) · ru оши́бка (something immoral) · bg провинение (instance of wronging someone) · bg злина (instance of wronging someone) · fur tuart (something immoral) · nl wantoestand (something immoral) · ru зло (something immoral) · la scelus (instance of wronging someone) · hu jogtalanság (opposite of right) · gd eucoir (something immoral) · de Unrecht (opposite of right) · fi vääryys (something immoral) · el κακό (opposite of right) · es entuerto (incorrect opinion or position) · de Verfehlung (something immoral) · bg зло (opposite of right) · es sinrazón (instance of wronging someone) · egy iw-w-i-t:G37 (something immoral) · de Fehler (instance of wronging someone) · hi त्रुटिपूर्ण (incorrect opinion or position) · hu tévhit (incorrect opinion or position) · hu sérelem (instance of wronging someone) · hu becstelenség (something immoral) · pt mal (something immoral) · hi अनुचित (something immoral) · la scelus (opposite of right) · gd eucoir (opposite of right) · gl felonía (something immoral) · fr tort (incorrect opinion or position) · hu jogsértés (instance of wronging someone) · sv fel (something immoral) · fi väärinteko (instance of wronging someone) · gd coire (something immoral) · bg прегрешение (instance of wronging someone) · hu helytelenség (opposite of right) · es crimen (something immoral) · hu igazságtalanság (something immoral)

wrong en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹɔŋ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • rông (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɹaŋ/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ- /*wrengʷʰder.? Proto-Germanic *wringaną Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Germanic *-az Proto-Germanic *wrangaz Proto-West Germanic *wrang ▲ Old Norse rangrinflu. Old English wrang Old Norse rangrinflu. Middle English wrong English wrong From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

Meanings

  1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
    • The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
    • Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 109:
  2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
    • ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], line 121:
  3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
    • O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 121:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wrongs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wronging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wronged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wronged Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

wrong side of the tracks (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · awrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongless (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong side out (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · civil wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong-timed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongness (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongly (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongful (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · in the wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong number (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongous (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · two wrongs make a right (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · self-wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wronghead (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong side of bed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongdoing (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · go down the wrong way (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrongfully (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · bark up the wrong tree (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wronger (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong-foot (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · start off on the wrong foot (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · rub someone the wrong way (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong-way concurrency (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong way (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong-headed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · take the wrong way (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · my country, right or wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · put a foot wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · two wrongs don't make a right (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · wrong 'un (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong) · go wrong (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong)

Relateds

wrung · wronged

Synonyms

shit-talk · belibel · smirch · reproach · villainize · backbite · spatter · stain · bewray · libel · blacken · lampoon · foul · scandal · malign · chat shite · vilify · stab · calumniate · vilipend · libel · depreciate · blot · forspeak · disparage · talk shite · demonize · blaze · sully · befoul · defame · disrepute · speak ill of · cloud · trash-talk · denigrate · smear · monsterize · besmirch · asperse · deprave · detract · traduce · diss · revile · calumny · talk shit · traduce · muddy · slander · tarnish · slag · besmear · assassinate · blemish · malign · dirty · spot · wrong · badmouth · unflatter · chat shit · blame · torch · disgrace · blur · drag through the mud · forgab · talk trash · discredit · infamize

Translations (56)

cmn 冤枉 (to slander or impute evil) · pt lesar (to deprive of a right) · yi קריוודען (to treat unjustly) · pt injustiçar (to deprive of a right) · es abusar (to deprive of a right) · grc ἀδικέω (to treat unjustly) · nl onrecht doen (to treat unjustly) · es maltratar (to deprive of a right) · de ins schlechte Licht setzen (to slander or impute evil) · pt ofender (to slander or impute evil) · fi tehdä vääryyttä (to treat unjustly) · de verunglimpfen (to slander or impute evil) · el βλάπτω (to treat unjustly) · be кры́ўдзіць (to treat unjustly) · bg напакостявам (to slander or impute evil) · is gera rangt til (to treat unjustly) · ru повредить (to treat unjustly) · fr léser (to deprive of a right) · nl benadelen (to treat unjustly) · bg оду́мвам (to slander or impute evil) · el αδικώ (to slander or impute evil) · bg окле́пам (to slander or impute evil) · de jmd. Unrecht antun (to deprive of a right) · bg окле́пвам (to slander or impute evil) · fi tehdä väärin (to treat unjustly) · bg увреждам (to slander or impute evil) · es herir (to treat unjustly) · de verleumden (to slander or impute evil) · pt maltratar (to treat unjustly) · ang misbēodan (to treat unjustly) · es dañar (to treat unjustly) · ru клеветать (to slander or impute evil) · ru оклеветать (to slander or impute evil) · is beita ranglæti (to deprive of a right) · de ungerecht handeln (to treat unjustly) · fr nuire (to treat unjustly) · hi अन्यायपूर्वक (to treat unjustly) · bg издевателствам (to treat unjustly) · nl onrecht aandoen (to treat unjustly) · bg клеве́тя (to slander or impute evil) · nl onbillijk beoordelen (to slander or impute evil) · za ien'uengj (to slander or impute evil) · hu megkárosít (to treat unjustly) · el αδικώ (to treat unjustly) · pt injustiçar (to treat unjustly) · ar ظَلَمَ (to treat unjustly) · fi tehdä vääryyttä (to deprive of a right) · hu árt (to treat unjustly) · cs křivdit (to treat unjustly) · bg постъпвам несправедливо (to treat unjustly) · fi tehdä vääryyttä (to slander or impute evil) · bg оду́мам (to slander or impute evil) · ru навредить (to treat unjustly) · ru пренебречь (to deprive of a right) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to treat unjustly) · de jmdn. ungerecht behandeln (to treat unjustly)