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Meaning of word wrong from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

wrong   verb

Meaning : Treat unjustly. Do wrong to.

Make reparations or amends for.

Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.
compensate, correct, redress, right

wrong   adjective

Meaning : Not correct. Not in conformity with fact or truth.

Example : An incorrect calculation.
The report in the paper is wrong.
Your information is wrong.
The clock showed the wrong time.
Found themselves on the wrong road.
Based on the wrong assumptions.

Synonyms : incorrect

Free from error. Especially conforming to fact or truth.

The correct answer.
The correct version.
The right answer.
Took the right road.
The right decision.
correct, right

Meaning : Contrary to conscience or morality or law.

Example : It is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor.
Cheating is wrong.
It is wrong to lie.

In conformance with justice or law or morality.

Do the right thing and confess.
right

Meaning : Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.

Example : Said all the wrong things.

Synonyms : improper

Meaning : Not functioning properly.

Example : Something is amiss.
Has gone completely haywire.
Something is wrong with the engine.

Synonyms : amiss, awry, haywire

Meaning : Based on or acting or judging in error.

Example : It is wrong to think that way.

Correct in opinion or judgment.

Time proved him right.
correct, right

Meaning : Not in accord with established usage or procedure.

Example : The wrong medicine.
The wrong way to shuck clams.
It is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts.

Synonyms : incorrect

Meaning : Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward.

Example : Socks worn wrong side out.

Meaning : Badly timed.

Example : An ill-timed intervention.
You think my intrusion unseasonable.
An untimely remark.
It was the wrong moment for a joke.

Synonyms : ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely

Meaning : Characterized by errors. Not agreeing with a model or not following established rules.

Example : He submitted a faulty report.
An incorrect transcription.
The wrong side of the road.

Synonyms : faulty, incorrect

wrong   adverb

Meaning : In an inaccurate manner.

Example : He decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly.
She guessed wrong.

Synonyms : incorrectly, wrongly

In an accurate manner.

The flower had been correctly depicted by his son.
He guessed right.
aright, correctly, right

wrong   noun

Meaning : That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law.

Example : He feels that you are in the wrong.

Synonyms : wrongfulness

Anything in accord with principles of justice.

He feels he is in the right.
The rightfulness of his claim.
right, rightfulness

Meaning : Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right.

Synonyms : damage, legal injury

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