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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
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.
Meaning : Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.
Example :
Said all the wrong things.
Synonyms : improper
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
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
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
