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adjective

Wrong adj.

Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. (Obs.)

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.

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."

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

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

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

noun

Wrong n. 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." "One spake much of right and wrong."

(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." "As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts." "The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt." 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.

adverb

Wrong adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. "Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss."

verb

Wrong v. t. (past & past part. wronged; pres. part. wronging)

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."

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."

Wrong v. obs. Imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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... appointment, comes to me, who spent two hours, or three, with me, about his accounts of Gottenburgh, which are so confounded, that I doubt they will hardly ever pass without my doing something, which he desires of me, and which, partly from fear, and partly from unwillingness to wrong the King, and partly from its being of no profit to me, I am backward to give way to, though the poor man do indeed deserve to be rid of this trouble, that he hath lain so long under, from the negligence of this Board. We afterwards fell to other talk, and he tells me, as soon as he ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... down. Sit down. He is a simple fellow. (Taps his forehead.) He means no wrong. We might have ...

— Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People • Constance D'Arcy Mackay

... "They have more fun than you do, that's one sure thing. If you don't want to join you don't have to but you don't have to get mad about it. Gee whiz, you're always mad, kind of. I guess you got up out of the wrong side of the ...

— Pee-Wee Harris Adrift • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... the Darling are by far the most expert at stealing; and notwithstanding my marks of respect to them in particular, they were not the less the instigators and abettors of everything wrong. A mischievous old man is usually accompanied by a stout middle-aged man and a boy; thus the cunning of the old one, the strength of him of middle age, and the agility of the youth are combined with advantage; both in their intercourse with their neighbours ...

— Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) • Thomas Mitchell

... the world goes hard with him. He has needed you, Teddy. The rest of us rub him the wrong way. He has a queer streak in him. I wish I could get hold of him; but ...

— Phebe, Her Profession - A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book • Anna Chapin Ray

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