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ALL meanings of wrongness

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  • adjective wrongness not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed. 1
  • adjective wrongness deviating from truth or fact; erroneous: a wrong answer. 1
  • adjective wrongness not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a person; in error: You are wrong to blame him. 1
  • adjective wrongness not proper or usual; not in accordance with requirements or recommended practice: the wrong way to hold a golf club. 1
  • adjective wrongness out of order; awry; amiss: Something is wrong with the machine. 1
  • adjective wrongness not suitable or appropriate: He always says the wrong thing. 1
  • adjective wrongness (of clothing) that should be worn or kept inward or under: You're wearing the sweater wrong side out. 1
  • noun wrongness that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil: I committed many wrongs. 1
  • noun wrongness an injustice: The wrongs they suffered aged them. 1
  • noun wrongness Law. an invasion of another's right, to his damage. a tort. 1
  • adverb wrongness in a wrong manner; not rightly; awry; amiss: You did it wrong again. 1
  • verb with object wrongness to do wrong to; treat unfairly or unjustly; harm. 1
  • verb with object wrongness to impute evil to (someone) unjustly; malign. 1
  • idioms wrongness get in wrong, Slang. to cause to come into disfavor: We are forever getting in wrong with the people next door. 1
  • idioms wrongness go wrong, to go amiss; fail: Everything is going wrong today. to pursue an immoral course; become depraved: Bad friends caused him to go wrong. 1
  • idioms wrongness in the wrong, to blame; in error: He knew he was in the wrong but refused to concede the point. 1
  • noun wrongness The quality of being wrong; error or fault. 1
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