wrong
Incorrect or untrue.
Adjective 4 meanings
Incorrect or untrue.
“Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.”
Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
“You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.”
Immoral, not good, bad.
“It is wrong to lie.”
Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
“A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.”
Adverb 1 meaning
In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
“I spelled several names wrong in my address book.”
Noun 4 meanings
Something that is immoral or not good.
“Injustice is a heinous wrong.”
An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
Verb 3 meanings
To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
“The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.”
To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
Etymology
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”).
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WRONG at a glance
WRONG has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (W 4 + R 1 + O 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #385 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wrong
All rhymesOne letter away
- PRONG8
- WRING9
- WRUNG9
- WRANG9
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