| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incorrect |
Synonyms: |
amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, bad, counterfactual, defective, erratic, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fluffed, goofed, in error, inaccurate, inexact, miscalculated, misconstrued, misfigured, misguided, mishandled, mistaken, not precise, not right, not working, off-target, on the wrong track, out, out of commission, out of line, out of order, perverse, rotten*, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsubstantial, untrue, wide |
Antonyms: |
correct, right |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, dishonest |
Synonyms: |
amoral, bad, base, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dishonorable, dissipated, dissolute, evil, felonious, illegal, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, profane, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, sinful, smutty, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, wanton, wicked, wrongful |
Antonyms: |
decent, good, honest, moral |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate, not suitable |
Synonyms: |
amiss, awkward, bad, disproportionate, funny, gauche, ill-advised, improper, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, misplaced, not done, off-balance, rotten*, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable |
Antonyms: |
acceptable, appropriate, correct, ok, suitable |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reverse, opposite |
Synonyms: |
back, inside, inverse, obverse |
| Concept: | Wrong. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame., injustice; unfairness; iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit; undueness; unlawfulness., robbing Peter to pay Paul; the wolf and the lamb; vice., "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.
-adjectives
wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious., objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral., in the wrong, in the wrong box.
-adverbs
wrongly
-phrases
it will not do.
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Antonyms: |
right |
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| Main Entry: | apocryphal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | questionable; fake |
Synonyms: |
counterfeit, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, false, fictitious, inaccurate, mythical, spurious, unauthenticated, ungenuine, unsubstantiated, untrue, unverified, wrong |
Antonyms: |
authentic, doubtless, real, true |
| Main Entry: | astray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off the path or right direction |
Synonyms: |
adrift, afield, amiss, awry, gone, lost, off, off course, off the mark, roaming, straying, vanished, wandering, wrong |
Antonyms: |
on course, right, straight |
| Main Entry: | awry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off course; amiss |
Synonyms: |
afield, askance, askew, aslant, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, turned, wrong, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
ok, on course |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral |
Synonyms: |
base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, iniquitous, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, just, reputable, right, true, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, ill-behaved, misbehaving, naughty, unruly, wrong |