wrong
//ˈɹɒŋ//
informalForms
- Comparative
- more wrong
- Superlative
- most wrong
- Comparative
- more wrong
- Superlative
- most wrong
- Plural
- wrongs
Definitions
1.Incorrect or untrue.
- Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
- 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.
2.Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
3.Immoral, not good, bad.
- Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this!
- It is wrong to lie.
4.Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
1.In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.(informal)
- I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
- You're doing it all wrong!
1.Something that is immoral or not good.
- Injustice is a heinous wrong.
2.The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.
3.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?
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #465
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Very common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
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”).