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wrong

Pronunciation: /wrɔnɡ/

“wrong” is a Middle English word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a wrong, injustice
  2. a (moral) wrong, evil, wrongdoing, sin
  3. injury, harm
  4. mistake, misstep

adjective

  1. wicked, evil, (morally) wrong
  2. unjust, unfair, illegitimate
  3. unlawful, illegal
  4. inappropriate
  5. inaccurate, mistaken
  6. curved, crooked, bent

Etymology

Semantic loan from Old Norse rangr, while the form is from Old English wrang (“rough, uneven”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

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