All wrong synonyms
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- indecency β the quality or condition of being indecent.
- inhumanity β the state or quality of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty.
- iniquity β gross injustice or wickedness.
- libel β the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- malevolence β the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
- miscarriage β the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
- misdemeanor β Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdoing β A misdeed.
- oppression β the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- persecution β the act of persecuting.
- sinfulness β characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.
- slander β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- spite β a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- tort β a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- turpitude β vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
- unfairness β not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- vice β any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- villainy β the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- wickedness β the quality or state of being wicked.
- faux pas β a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
- foul play β any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
adverb wrong
- astray β out of the correct path or direction
- amiss β If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
- incorrectly β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- wrongly β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- afield β away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
- askew β Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with.
- badly β If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
- erroneously β In an erroneous manner.
- inaccurately β In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- mistakenly β wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- unfavorably β not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
adjective wrong
- incorrect β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- mistaken β wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- erroneous β Wrong; incorrect.
- awry β If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- inaccurate β not accurate; incorrect or untrue.
- misguided β misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
- unsound β not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- untrue β not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- erring β Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- goofed β to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- miscalculated β Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- misconstrued β Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- mishandled β Simple past tense and past participle of mishandle.
- out β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- at fault β If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.