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wrong

  • adjective
  • rông

Incorrect or untrue.

Example

“Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.”

Other meanings

  1. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.

    “You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.”

  2. Immoral, not good, bad.

    “It is wrong to lie.”

Synonyms

  • unsuitable

Antonyms

  • right

Related words

  • meteorwrong
  • wrong side of town
  • not even wrong
  • on the wrong side of history
  • wrongdoer
  • wrongdoing
  • get the wrong idea
  • wronger than wrong
  • wrength
  • wrongful
  • wrong-endian
  • wrongness

Example sentences

  • “If everyone likes you, you're doing it wrong.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “I think we took a wrong turn.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “People have the right to be wrong.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "rangr".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wrong” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.