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Quick definitions from WordNet (wrong)
▸ noun: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
▸ noun: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law ("He feels that you are in the wrong")
▸ verb: treat unjustly; do wrong to
▸ adjective: used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward ("Socks worn wrong side out")
▸ adjective: not in accord with established usage or procedure ("The wrong medicine")
▸ adjective: contrary to conscience or morality or law ("It is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor")
▸ adjective: based on or acting or judging in error ("It is wrong to think that way")
▸ adjective: not according with the facts ("The facts as reported were wrong")
▸ adjective: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth ("The report in the paper is wrong")
▸ adjective: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable ("She was seen in all the wrong places")
▸ adjective: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion ("Said all the wrong things")
▸ adjective: badly timed ("It was the wrong moment for a joke")
▸ adverb: in an incorrect manner ("She guessed wrong")
▸ Also see wrongs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wrong
▸ Usage examples for wrong
▸ Idioms related to wrong (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing wrong
▸ Popular nouns described by wrong
▸ Words that often appear near wrong
▸ Rhymes of wrong
▸ Invented words related to wrong
▸ noun: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
▸ noun: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law ("He feels that you are in the wrong")
▸ verb: treat unjustly; do wrong to
▸ adjective: used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward ("Socks worn wrong side out")
▸ adjective: not in accord with established usage or procedure ("The wrong medicine")
▸ adjective: contrary to conscience or morality or law ("It is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor")
▸ adjective: based on or acting or judging in error ("It is wrong to think that way")
▸ adjective: not according with the facts ("The facts as reported were wrong")
▸ adjective: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth ("The report in the paper is wrong")
▸ adjective: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable ("She was seen in all the wrong places")
▸ adjective: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion ("Said all the wrong things")
▸ adjective: badly timed ("It was the wrong moment for a joke")
▸ adverb: in an incorrect manner ("She guessed wrong")
▸ Also see wrongs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wrong
▸ Usage examples for wrong
▸ Idioms related to wrong (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing wrong
▸ Popular nouns described by wrong
▸ Words that often appear near wrong
▸ Rhymes of wrong
▸ Invented words related to wrong