Wrong : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wrong	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Wrong
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrong adv in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" Synonym(s): incorrectly, wrongly, wrong Antonym(s): aright, correctly, right 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" Synonym(s): incorrect, wrong Antonym(s): correct, right 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" Antonym(s): right not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things" Synonym(s): improper, wrong not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" Synonym(s): amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p) based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" Antonym(s): correct, right not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts" Synonym(s): wrong, incorrect used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out" badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" Synonym(s): ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road" Synonym(s): faulty, incorrect, wrong n that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" Synonym(s): wrong, wrongfulness Antonym(s): right, rightfulness any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right Synonym(s): wrong, legal injury, damage v treat unjustly; do wrong to [ant: compensate, correct, redress, right]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrong \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[86]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrong \Wrong\, obs. imp. of {Wring}. Wrung. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrong \Wrong\, adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrong \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrong \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. {Private nuisance} [or] {wrong}. See {Nuisance}. {Private soldier}. See {Private}, n., 5. {Private way}, a right of private passage over another man's ground.