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Entry 11 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Wrong

/rông/ · IPA /ˈɹɔŋ/
01 imp. imp. of Wring. Wrung.
  1. 1.
    imp. of Wring. Wrung.obs. See: Wring
02 a. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
  1. 1.
    Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.[Obs.]
  2. 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. 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. 4.
    Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
  5. 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.
03 adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
  1. 1.
    In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
    “Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss.” — Pope.
04 n. That which is not right.
  1. 1.
    That which is not right.
    “When I had wrong and she the right.” — Chaucer.
    “One spake much of right and wrong.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.
    “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.
05 v. t. 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…
imp. & p. p. Wronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wronging
  1. 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. 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.