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    wrong
    [rôNG]
    adjective
    wrong (adjective)
    1. not correct or true; incorrect:
      "that is the wrong answer"
      • having judged incorrectly; mistaken:
        "I was wrong about him being on the yacht that evening"
      • unsuitable or undesirable:
        "they asked all the wrong questions"
      • in a bad or abnormal condition; amiss:
        "something was wrong with the pump"
    2. unjust, dishonest, or immoral:
      "they were wrong to take the law into their own hands" · "it was wrong of me to write you such an angry note"
    adverb
    wrong (adverb)
    1. in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction:
      "what am I doing wrong?"
      • with an incorrect result:
        "she guessed wrong"
    noun
    wrong (noun) · wrongs (plural noun)
    1. an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action:
      "I have done you a great wrong"
      • law
        a breach, by commission or omission, of one's legal duty.
      • law
        an invasion of right to the damage or prejudice of another.
    verb
    wrong (verb) · wrongs (third person present) · wronged (past tense) · wronged (past participle) · wronging (present participle)
    1. act unjustly or dishonestly toward:
      "please forgive me these things and the people I have wronged"
      • mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent:
        "perhaps I wrong him"
    Origin
    late Old English wrang, from Old Norse rangr ‘awry, unjust’; related to wring.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    adjective
    1. not correct or true; incorrect:
      incorrect
      mistaken
      erroneous
      inaccurate
      inexact
      imprecise
      invalid
      untrue
      false
      fallacious
      off target
      misleading
      illogical
      unsound
      unfounded
      faulty
      flawed
      off beam
      bogus
      phoney
      out
      way out
      dicey
      iffy
      dodgy
      abroad
      in error
      not accurate
      not exact
      wide of the mark
      without foundation
      full of holes
      Opposite:
      right
      correct
      spot on
    2. unjust, dishonest, or immoral:
      illegal
      against the law
      unlawful
      illicit
      indictable
      lawless
      lawbreaking
      criminal
      delinquent
      felonious
      dishonest
      dishonorable
      corrupt
      unethical
      immoral
      bad
      wicked
      base
      evil
      sinful
      foul
      despicable
      iniquitous
      nefarious
      blameworthy
      condemnable
      culpable
      crooked
      shady
      bent
      not cricket
      morally wrong
      Opposite:
      legal
      ethical
    noun
    1. an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action:
      misdeed
      offense
      injury
      crime
      violation
      infringement
      infraction
      transgression
      peccadillo
      sin
      injustice
      unfairness
      grievance
      outrage
      atrocity
      malfeasance
      tort
      trespass
      malefaction
      bad deed
      bad act/action
      unlawful act
      illegal act
      unjust act
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