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Definition wrong

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 *wer?-, *wer?-, *wreng?- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

Adjective

wrong (comparative more wrong or wronger, superlative most wrong or wrongest)

1. Incorrect or untrue.
2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
3. Immoral, not good, bad.
4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
5. Not working; out of order.
6. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
7. (obsolete) Twisted; wry.

Adverb

wrong (comparative more wrong, superlative most wrong)

1. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

Noun

wrong (plural wrongs)

1. Something that is immoral or not good.
2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.

Verb

wrong (third-person singular simple present wrongs, present participle wronging, simple past and past participle wronged)

1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

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