wrong

wrong · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Not correct or true; incorrect.

  2. 2.

    Unjust, dishonest, or immoral.

  3. 3.

    In a bad or abnormal condition.

  4. 4.

    Not appropriate or suitable.

  5. 5.

    In an incorrect manner.

  6. 6.

    An unjust, dishonest, or immoral action.

  7. 7.

    To treat someone unjustly or unfairly.

Related words

Antonyms: correct, proper, right
See also: error, incorrect, mistake, right
Synonyms: improper, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken

Etymology

From Old English "wrang" meaning "twisted, crooked, unjust," possibly from Old Norse "rangr" meaning "awry, wrong." Related to "wring." The original sense of physical crookedness extended to moral and logical incorrectness.