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Wrong Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wrong? [n] a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right [n] that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" [adv] in an incorrect manner; "she guessed wrong" [adj] not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things" [adj] not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "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" [adj] based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" [adj] badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [adj] used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out" [adj] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work" [adj] not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams" [adj] contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" [adj] not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"; "the facts as reported were wrong" [v] treat unjustly; do wrong to Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wrong: base \| condemnable \| criminal \| damage \| deplorable \| dishonorable \| dishonourable \| erroneous \| fallacious \| false \| ill timed(p) \| ill-timed(a) \| immoral \| improper \| inaccurate \| inappropriate \| incorrect \| incorrectly \| inopportune \| inside \| legal injury \| misguided \| mistaken \| reprehensible \| unethical \| unseasonable \| unsuitable \| untimely \| untrue \| wrongfulness \| wrongheaded \| wrongly Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wrong: See Also \| actus reus \| aggrieve \| do by \| evil \| handle \| injustice \| misconduct \| sandbag \| treat \| unjust \| unjustness \| victimise \| victimize \| wicked \| wrongdoing \| wrongful conduct Wrong In Webster's Dictionary \Wrong\, obs. imp. of {Wring}. Wrung. --Chaucer. \Wrong\ (?; 115), a. [OE. wrong, wrang, a. & n., AS. wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, fr. wringan to wring; akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong, Sw. vr[*a]ng, Icel. rangr awry, wrong. See {Wring}.] 1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19). 2. Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires. 3. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way. I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places. --Shak. 4. Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement. 5. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth. Syn: Injurious; unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect; erroneous; unfit; unsuitable. \Wrong\, adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. --Pope. \Wrong\, n. [AS. wrang. See {Wrong}, a.] That which is not right. Specifically: (a) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral {right}. When I had wrong and she the right. --Chaucer. One spake much of right and wrong. --Milton. (b) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong. (c) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right. Friend, I do thee no wrong. --Matt. xx. 18. As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts. --Milton. The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt. --E. Evereth. Note: Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. --Blackstone. \Wrong\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wronged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wronging}.] 1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. --Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me. I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men. --Shak.

Wrong Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wrong?

[n] a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
[n] that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong"
[adv] in an incorrect manner; "she guessed wrong"
[adj] not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things"
[adj] not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "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"
[adj] based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way"
[adj] badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
[adj] used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out"
[adj] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work"
[adj] not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"
[adj] contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
[adj] not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"; "the facts as reported were wrong"
[v] treat unjustly; do wrong to

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Wrong In Webster's Dictionary

\Wrong\, obs.
imp. of {Wring}. Wrung. --Chaucer.


\Wrong\ (?; 115), a. [OE. wrong, wrang, a. & n., AS.
wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, fr. wringan to wring;
akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong, Sw. vr[*a]ng,
Icel. rangr awry, wrong. See {Wring}.]
1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Lev. xxi.
   19).

2. Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine
   or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not
   morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just
   or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice;
   wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.

3. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate
   for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable;
   improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end
   uppermost; to take the wrong way.

         I have deceived you both; I have directed you to
         wrong places.                         --Shak.

4. Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent;
   not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.

5. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side
   of a garment or of a piece of cloth.

Syn: Injurious; unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect;
     erroneous; unfit; unsuitable.


\Wrong\, adv.
In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill;
erroneously; wrongly.

      Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. --Pope.


\Wrong\, n. [AS. wrang. See {Wrong}, a.]
That which is not right. Specifically:
(a) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine
    or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral
    {right}.

          When I had wrong and she the right.  --Chaucer.

          One spake much of right and wrong.   --Milton.
(b) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of
    falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
(c) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act
    that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts
    injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from;
    another; a trespass; a violation of right.

          Friend, I do thee no wrong.          --Matt. xx.
                                               18.

          As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither
          can he do right but in his courts and by his
          courts.                              --Milton.

          The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as
          binding as that of paying a debt.    --E. Evereth.

Note: Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs
      are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals;
      public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect
      the community. --Blackstone.


\Wrong\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wronged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wronging}.]
1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to
   withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm
   to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.

         He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. --Prov.
                                               viii. 36.

2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable
   of a base act, you wrong me.

         I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself
         and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.
                                               --Shak.

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