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wrong      /rɔŋ, rɒŋ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rawng, rong] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 
–adjective 1. not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.  
2. deviating from truth or fact; erroneous: a wrong answer.  
3. not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a person; in error: You are wrong to blame him.  
4. not proper or usual; not in accordance with requirements or recommended practice: the wrong way to hold a golf club.  
5. out of order; awry; amiss: Something is wrong with the machine.  
6. not suitable or appropriate: He always says the wrong thing.  
7. (of clothing) that should be worn or kept inward or under: You're wearing the sweater wrong side out.  
–noun 8. that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil: I committed many wrongs.  
9. an injustice: The wrongs they suffered aged them.  
10. Law. a. an invasion of another's right, to his damage.  
b. a tort.  
 
–adverb 11. in a wrong manner; not rightly; awry; amiss: You did it wrong again.  
–verb (used with object) 12. to do wrong to; treat unfairly or unjustly; harm.  
13. to impute evil to (someone) unjustly; malign.  
—Idioms14. get in wrong, Slang. to cause to come into disfavor: We are forever getting in wrong with the people next door.  
15. go wrong, a. to go amiss; fail: Everything is going wrong today.  
b. to pursue an immoral course; become depraved: Bad friends caused him to go wrong.  
 
16. in the wrong, to blame; in error: He knew he was in the wrong but refused to concede the point.  
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[Origin: bef. 1100; (adj.) ME wrong, wrang, OE wrang, perh. < ODan wrang; cf. Dan vrang wrong, ON rangr awry; (v. and adv.) ME, deriv. of the adj.; (n.) ME; OE wrang, deriv. of the adj.; akin to wring] 
—Related forms
wronger, noun 
wrongly, adverb 
wrongness, noun