Wrong

//ˈɹɒŋ//

Synonyms for "wrong" (627 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (126)

faulty incorrect amiss false immoral improper incorrectly misguided reprehensible unfit unjust unsuitable abandoned aberrancy aberrant aberration abnormal abnormality abominable abomination

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Noun(14 words)

wrongfulness delinquency error misdemeanor sin wrongness affliction aggrievance atrocity bad manners badness crime damage delict

Adjective(2 words)

amiss awry

Verb(21 words)

asperse assassinate backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmear besmirch bewray blacken blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniate calumny chat shit chat shite cloud

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defame

Adjective(1 words)

decadent

Strong matches (188)

delinquency delinquent delusion delusive demented deprave depraved deranged dereliction despoil despoliation destroy destruction detraction detriment detrimental deviancy deviant deviational deviative

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diablerie disadvantage disgrace disgraceful dissatisfactory disserve disservice dissolute distorted distortion distress do a disservice do a mischief do evil do ill do wrong do wrong by do wrong to doom enormity envenom errancy errant erring erroneous erroneously erroneousness error evil evildoing evilly execrable failure fallacious fallaciously fallaciousness fallacy falsely falseness falsity fanciful fault faultful faultfully faultily faultiness felonious felony flagitious flagrant flaw flawed flawedness fly in the ointment foul futile genocide get into trouble gnominious great wrong grievance gross injustice guilty guilty act hamartia harass hardly the thing harm havoc heavy sin heinous heresy heretical heterodox heterodoxy hex hurt ignominious ill ill timed ill-advised ill-considered ill-seasoned ill-suited ill-timed ill-treat illegal illegality illicit illogical illusion illusory impair impolitic imposition imprecise improperly improperness impropriety imprudent in error inaccurate inadvisable inappropriate inappropriateness inapt inauspicious incongruous inconvenient indecorous indecorously indecorum indignity indiscretion inept inequitable inequitableness inequity inexact inexpedient inexpiable sin infamous infamy infect infection infelicitous inferior

Verb(15 words)

demonize denigrate deprave depreciate detract dirty discredit disgrace disparage disrepute diss drag through the mud forgab foul infamize

Noun(16 words)

depravity devilishness devilment devilry deviltry disobedience distress elfishness goings-on grief grievance hanky-panky hardship impishness impropriety infamy

Adjective(4 words)

detrimental false faulty grim

Adjective(5 words)

faulty haywire ill-timed improper incorrect

Adverb(1 words)

incorrectly

Related words (313)

infraction iniquitous iniquitousness iniquity injure injurious injury injustice inopportune inside intempestive intrusive invalid irrelevant jinx knavery knavish lapse late low

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lunatic lying mal a propos malapropos malefaction malefactory malevolent malfeasance malfeasant maltreat malum menace mendacious minor wrong misapplication miscarriage of justice mischief misconstruction misdeed misdemeanor misdoing misfeasance misinterpretation misjudgment misleading mistaken mistakenly mistimed mistreat molest monstrous mortal sin naughty nefarious nonfeasance not done not right not the thing not true obliquity off off base off color off the track off-base off-color offence offend offense omission oppress out out of line out of phase out of place out of time out-of-line outrage peccadillo peccancy peccant persecute perverse perversion perverted place play havoc with play hob with poison pollute pollution poor prejudice premature pseudo punk rank rape raw deal regrettable reprobacy reprobate rotten sacrilegious savage scandal scandalous scathe screw up self-contradiction self-contradictory shame shameful shameless sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful sinful act sinfulness sinister slip snake in the grass specious straying taint tasteless terrible the worst threaten too late too soon torment tort torture toxin transgression trespass trip turn unacceptable unbalanced unbefitting unblessed under an error undeserved undesirable undue undueness unequal unequitable uneven unfactual unfairness unfavorable unfavorably unfitting unforgivable unfortunate unhandy unhappy unhealthy unholy unjustness unkind unlawful unlawfulness unlucky unmeet unmeetness unmerited unorthodox unorthodoxy unpardonable unpleasant unprofitable unpropitious unproved unready unrighteous unrightful unripe unsatisfactory unseasonable unseemly unskillful unsound unspeakable unsuitability untimely untoward untrue untrueness untruly untruth untruthful untruthfulness unutterable sin unwise unworthy up venial sin venom vexation vice vicious vile villainous villainy violate violation wicked wickedness wide woe worry wound wreak havoc wreak havoc on wrength wrongdoing wrongful wrongfully wrongfulness wrongheaded wrongly wrongness

Noun(38 words)

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rascality roguery roguishness ruth sadness scampishness sorrow tort tortfeasance transgression turpitude undelight veniality vexation wickedness woe wrength wrongdoing

Adjective(14 words)

injurious malefic maleficent malicious mendacious nithing sullen unethical unfit ungodly unjust unsuitable viperish viperous

Verb(31 words)

lampoon libel malign monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal shit talk shit-talk slag slander smear smirch spatter speak ill of spot stab stain sully

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talk shit talk shite talk trash tarnish torch traduce trash-talk unflatter vilify vilipend villainize

Adjective(2 words)

unseasonable untimely

Adverb(1 words)

wrongly

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

6 entries

do by handle injury injustice treat unjustness

Antonyms

4 entries

right

Synonyms

13 entries

amiss detrimental false faulty ill timed improper incorrect incorrectly injurious unfit unjust unsuitable wrength

Related terms

2 entries

wronged wrung

defined as

1 entries

opposite of right

derived

99 entries

awrong back the wrong horse bark at the wrong tree bark up the wrong tree begin at the wrong end can't do right for doing wrong choose the wrong horse civil wrong comb someone's hair the wrong way correct me if I'm wrong dead wrong dead-wrong do somebody wrong don't get me wrong fall into the wrong hands get into the wrong hands

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distinct from

2 entries

correct right

has property

2 entries

right very hard to define

is a

2 entries

injury injustice

manner of

1 entries

treat

related to

37 entries

assert bad cloth deprive design evil garment harm immoral improper impute incorrect incorrectly injure inward justice

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similar

29 entries

base condemnable criminal deplorable erroneous evil fallacious false immoral improper inaccurate inappropriate inopportune inside

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Translations

495 translations across 82 languages.

American Sign Language

3 entries

Y@Chin-PalmBack adj (incorrect)
TH mouthing adv (wrongly, incorrectly)
Y@Chin-PalmBack adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀδικέω verb (to treat unjustly)

Arabic

4 entries

خَاطِئ adj (incorrect)
خَطَأ adj (incorrect)
غلطان adj (incorrect)
غلطان adj (incorrect)

Armenian

2 entries

սխալ adj (incorrect)
վատ adj (immoral)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

səhv adj (incorrect)
yanlış adj (incorrect)

Bashkir

1 entries

яңылыш adj (incorrect)

Belarusian

2 entries

непра́вільны adj (incorrect)
кры́ўдзіць verb (to treat unjustly)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гре́шен adj (incorrect)
грешен adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
не наред adj (not working)
неизправен adj (not working)

Burmese

1 entries

မှား adj (incorrect)

Catalan

4 entries

equivocat adj (incorrect)
erroni adj (incorrect)
incorrecte adj (incorrect)
malament adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Chickasaw

1 entries

oppolo adj (not working)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

錯 /错 adj (incorrect)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

錯 /错 adj (incorrect)

Czech

4 entries

chybný adj (incorrect)
nesprávný adj (incorrect)
špatný adj (immoral)
špatně adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Danish

2 entries

forkert adj (incorrect)
forkert adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Dutch

4 entries

fout adj (incorrect)
fout adj (immoral)
fout adj (improper)
fout adj (not working)

Egyptian

1 entries

iw-w-i-t:G37 noun (something immoral)

Esperanto

2 entries

malprava adj (improper)
malĝusta adj (incorrect)

Finnish

4 entries

huono adj (improper)
nurja adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
sopimaton adj (improper)
vialla adj (not working)

French

4 entries

avoir tort adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
dans l'erreur adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
erroné adj (incorrect)
fautif adj (incorrect)

Friulian

1 entries

tuart noun (something immoral)

Gagauz

1 entries

yanlış adj (incorrect)

Galician

2 entries

crime noun (something immoral)
felonía noun (something immoral)

Georgian

3 entries

არასწორი adj (incorrect)
არასწორი adj (improper)
მცდარი adj (incorrect)

German

4 entries

danebenliegen adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
falsch adj (incorrect)
falsch adj (immoral)
falsch adj (improper)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to treat unjustly)

Greek

4 entries

ακατάλληλος adj (improper)
ανάποδος adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
απατώμαι adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
εσφαλμένος adj (incorrect)

Hebrew

1 entries

לא נכון adj (incorrect)

Hindi

4 entries

अनुचित adj (improper)
अनैतिक adj (immoral)
अशुद्ध adj (incorrect)
ग़लत adj (incorrect)

Hungarian

4 entries

belső adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
belül lévő adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
belülre való adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
erkölcstelen adj (immoral)

Icelandic

4 entries

hafa rangt fyrir sér adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
hafa á röngu að standa adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
ranglátur adj (immoral)
rangur adj (incorrect)

Indonesian

4 entries

keliru adj (incorrect)
keliru adj (immoral)
keliru adj (improper)
keliru adj (not working)

Ingrian

1 entries

murna adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)

Interlingua

4 entries

a torto adj (not working)
erronee adj (incorrect)
illicite adj (immoral)
immoral adj (immoral)

Irish

2 entries

contráilte adj (incorrect)
contráilte adj (improper)

Italian

4 entries

errato adj (incorrect)
erroneo adj (incorrect)
immorale adj (immoral)
immorale adj (immoral)

Japanese

4 entries

よくない adj (immoral)
よくない adj (improper)
不適切な adj (improper)
不適当な adj (improper)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

rabés adj (incorrect)

Kazakh

1 entries

теріс adj (incorrect)

Khmer

1 entries

ខុស adj (incorrect)

Korean

2 entries

그른 adj (incorrect)
틀리다 adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)

Kumyk

1 entries

янгылыш adj (incorrect)

Latin

4 entries

erroneus adj (incorrect)
falsus adj (incorrect)
falsus adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
perperus adj (incorrect)

Latvian

4 entries

amorāls adj (immoral)
kļūdains adj (incorrect)
nepareizs adj (incorrect)
netikumīgs adj (immoral)

Lithuanian

4 entries

amoralus adj (immoral)
blogas adj (incorrect)
klaidingas adj (incorrect)
nedirbantis adj (not working)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

njepšawy adj (incorrect)
njezgódny adj (improper)
wopacny adj (incorrect)
wopacny adj (improper)

Luxembourgish

4 entries

falsch adj (incorrect)
falsch adj (improper)
ongerecht adj (immoral)
onmoralesch adj (immoral)

Malay

1 entries

salah adj (incorrect)

Marathi

4 entries

चुकीचा adj (incorrect)
चुकीची adj (incorrect)
चुकीचे adj (incorrect)
चूक adj (incorrect)

Mongolian

1 entries

буруу adj (incorrect)

Norwegian

4 entries

feil adj (not working)
gal adj (improper)
galt adj (incorrect)
galt adj (immoral)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

feil adj (incorrect)
feil adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

feil adj (incorrect)
feil adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Old English

4 entries

on wōh adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
wōh adj (incorrect)
wōh adj (immoral)
wōh adj (improper)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

یالان adj (incorrect)
ظلم noun (something immoral)

Persian

1 entries

غلط adj (incorrect)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

faulsch adj (incorrect)
orrajcht adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)

Polish

4 entries

błędny adj (incorrect)
mylny adj (incorrect)
nieodpowiedni adj (improper)
nieprawidłowy adj (incorrect)

Portuguese

4 entries

avesso adj (designed to be worn or placed inward)
equivocado adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
errado adj (incorrect)
errado adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)

Quechua

1 entries

panta adj (incorrect)

Romanian

4 entries

greșit adj (incorrect)
imoral adj (immoral)
incorect adj (incorrect)
nedrept adj (immoral)

Russian

4 entries

аморальный adj (immoral)
безнравственный adj (immoral)
неве́рный adj (incorrect)
неиспра́вный adj (not working)

Sanskrit

1 entries

त्रुटिपूर्ण adj (incorrect)

Scots

4 entries

wrang adj (incorrect)
wrang adj (immoral)
wrang adj (improper)
wrang adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

ceàrr adj (incorrect)
ceàrr adj (immoral)
ceàrr adj (improper)
ceàrr adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kriv adj (incorrect)
neispravan adj (not working)
pogrešan adj (incorrect)
pogrješan adj (incorrect)

Sicilian

1 entries

sbagghiatu adj (incorrect)

Slovene

2 entries

napačen adj (incorrect)
narobe adv (wrongly, incorrectly)

Spanish

4 entries

equivocado adj (incorrect)
errado adj (incorrect)
erróneo adj (incorrect)
falso adj (incorrect)

Swedish

4 entries

fel adj (incorrect)
fel adj (immoral)
fel adj (improper)
fel adj (not working)

Telugu

3 entries

తప్పు adj (incorrect)
తప్పుడు adj (immoral)
సరికాని adj (improper)

Thai

1 entries

ผิด adj (incorrect)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

kranki adj (incorrect)
kranki adj (immoral)

Turkish

4 entries

ahlaksız adj (immoral)
bozuk adj (not working)
hatalı adj (incorrect)
hatalı adj (not working)

Ukrainian

1 entries

непра́вильний adj (incorrect)

Upper Sorbian

4 entries

njeprawy adj (incorrect)
njepřihódny adj (improper)
njewěrny adj (incorrect)
wopačny adj (incorrect)

Urdu

1 entries

غلط adj (incorrect)

Vietnamese

4 entries

không tốt adj (immoral)
không đúng adj (incorrect)
sai adj (incorrect)
xấu adj (immoral)

Volapük

1 entries

neverätik adj (incorrect)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

sala adj (incorrect)
sayop adj (incorrect)

West-Frisian

2 entries

ferkeard adj (incorrect)
fout adj (incorrect)

Yiddish

4 entries

אומגערעכט adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
נישט גערעכט adj (asserting something incorrect — see also be wrong)
נישט ריכטיק adj (incorrect)
פֿאַלש adj (incorrect)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.

Source: tatoeba (1936)

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Source: tatoeba (2339)

You took the wrong key.

Source: tatoeba (2416)

Who said that? It's totally wrong!

Source: tatoeba (2463)

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