English-Thai Dictionary
wrong
ADJ ผิด ผิดพลาด ไม่ ถูกต้อง erroneous inaccurate incorrect accurate correct pid
wrong
ADJ ผิดปกติ pid-pok-ka-ti
wrong
ADV อย่าง ผิดพลาด อย่าง ไม่ ถูกต้อง yang-pid-plad
wrong
N สิ่ง ที่ ผิด สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ดี ความผิด ความ ไม่ดี sing-ti-pid
wrong-headed
A ที่ ดื้อรั้น ที่ ยืด หยัด ใน ความคิด ที่ ผิด wrongheaded pigheaded fractious
wrong-headed
ADJ ดื้อรั้น ดื้อดึง ไม่ ยินยอม ไม่ยอม จำนนต่อเหตุผล และ ความจริง obstinate perverse stubborn due-ran
wrongdoer
N ผู้กระทำผิด ศีลธรรม ผู้ละเมิดกฎหมาย evildoer malefactor sinner phu-kra-tam-pid-sin-la-tam
wrongdoing
N การกระทำ ผิด เรื่อง ชั่วร้าย
wronger
N ผู้ ผิดพลาด ผู้ทำ ไม่ ถูกต้อง phu-pid-plad
wrongfoot someone
IDM ทำให้ อยู่ ใน สถานะ การณ์ ลำบาก อย่างกระทันหัน ทำให้ ตกใจ tam-hai-yu-nai-sa-ta-na-ti-lam-bak
wrongful
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ถูกต้อง ซึ่ง ไม่ ชอบด้วยกฎหมาย illegal illicit unlawful legal lawful sueng-mai-tuk-tong
wrongful
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ยุติธรรม unfair unjust partial fair just impartial sueng-mai-yu-ti-tam
wrongfully
ADV อย่าง ผิดกฎหมาย wrongly unscrupulously yang-pid-kod-mai
wrongfulness
N ความไม่ถูกต้อง ความ ไม่ ชอบด้วยกฎหมาย illegality illicitness unlawfulness legality lawfulness kwam-mai-tuktong
wrongheadedness
N ความ ดื้อรั้น ความดื้อ ดึง obstinacy perverseness stubbornness kwam-due-ran
wrongly
ADV อย่าง ผิดพลาด unfairly wrongfully badly unjustifiably yang-pid-plad
wrongness
N ความผิดพลาด kwam-pid-plad
wrongous
A ที่ ผิด ที่ ผิดกฎหมาย
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WRONG
a.Literally wrung, twisted or turned from a straight line or even surface. Hence, 1. Not physically right; not fit or suitable; as the wrong side of a garment. You hold the book the wrong end uppermost. There may be something wrong in the construction of a watch or an edifice.
2. Not morally right; that deviates from the line of rectitude prescribed by God; not just or equitable; not right or proper; not legal; erroneous; as a wrong practice; wrong ideas; a wrong course of life; wrong measures; wrong inclinations and desires; a wrong application of talents; wrong judgment. Habakkuk 1:4.
3. Erroneous; not according to truth; as a wrong statement.
WRONG
n.Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; any injury done to another; a trespass; a violation of right. Wrongs are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Sarai said to Abraham, my wrong be on thee. Genesis 16:5.
Friend, I do thee no wrong. Matthew 2 :13.
The obligation to redress a wrong, is at least as binding as that of paying a debt.
WRONG
adv. Not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss.
WRONG
v.t. 1. To injure; to treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from. We wrong a man, when we defraud him, and when we trespass on his property. We wrong a man, when we neglect to pay him his due. Philemon 18.
2. To do injustice to by imputation; to impute evil unjustly. If you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
WRONG-DOER
n.One who injures another, or does wrong.
WRONG-DOING
n.Evil or wicked act or action.
WRONGED
pp. Treated unjustly; injured.
WRONGER
n.One who injures another.
WRONGFUL
a.Injurious unjust; as a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing.
WRONGFULLY
adv. Unjustly; in a manner contrary to the moral law or to justice; as, to accuse one wrongfully; to suffer wrongfully.
WRONGHEAD, WRONGHEADED
a.[wrong and head. ] Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
WRONGHEADEDNESS
n.Perverseness; erroneousness.
WRONGLESSLY
adv. Without injury to any one. [Not used. ]
WRONGLY
adv. In a wrong manner; unjustly; amiss. He judges wrongly of my motives.
WRONGNESS
n.Wrong disposition; error.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WRONG
WRONG Wrong, obs.
Defn: imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer.
WRONG
Wrong, a. Etym: [OE. wrong, wrang, a. & n., AS. wrang, n.;originally, awry, wrung, fr. wringan to wring; akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong, Sw. vrång, Icel. rangr awry, wrong. See Wring. ]
1. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs. ] Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19 ).
2. Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
3. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way. I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places. Shak.
4. Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
5. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
Syn. -- Injurious; unjust; faulty; detrimental; incorrect; erroneous; unfit; unsuitable.
WRONG
WRONG Wrong, adv.
Defn: In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. Pope.
WRONG
Wrong, n. Etym: [AS. wrang. See Wrong, a.]
Defn: That which is not right. Specifically: (a ) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral Ant: right. When I had wrong and she the right. Chaucer. One spake much of right and wrong. Milton.
(b ) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong. (c ) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right. Friend, I do thee no wrong. Matt. xx. 18. As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts. Milton. The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt. E. Evereth.
Note: Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Blackstone.
WRONG
Wrong, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wronged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wronging.]
1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth... wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36.
2. To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me. I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men. Shak.
WRONGDOER
WRONGDOER Wrong "do `er, n.
1. One who injures another, or who does wrong.
2. (Law )
Defn: One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe.
WRONGDOING
WRONGDOING Wrong "do `ing, n.
Defn: Evil or wicked behavior or action.
WRONGER
WRONGER Wrong "er, n.
Defn: One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. "Wrongers of the world. " Tennyson.
WRONGFUL
WRONGFUL Wrong "ful, a.
Defn: Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong "ful *ly, adv. -- Wrong "ful *ness, n.
WRONGHEAD
WRONGHEAD Wrong "head `, n.
Defn: A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. [R.]
WRONGHEAD
WRONGHEAD Wrong "head `, a.
Defn: Wrongheaded. [R.] Pope.
WRONGHEADED
WRONGHEADED Wrong "head `ed, a.
Defn: Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong "head `ed *ly, adv. -- Wrong "head `ed *ness, n. Macaulay.
WRONGLESS
WRONGLESS Wrong "less, a.
Defn: Not wrong; void or free from wrong. [Obs. ] -- Wrong "less *ly, adv. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.
WRONGLY
WRONGLY Wrong "ly, adv.
Defn: In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win. " Shak.
WRONGNESS
WRONGNESS Wrong "ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham.
WRONGOUS
Wron "gous, a. Etym: [Cf. OE. wrongwis. See Wrong, and cf. Righteous. ]
1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. [R.]
2. (Scots Law )
Defn: Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig.
WRONG-TIMED
WRONG-TIMED Wrong "-timed `, a.
Defn: Done at an improper time; ill-timed.
New American Oxford Dictionary
wrong
wrong |rôNG rɔŋ | ▶adjective 1 not correct or true: that is the wrong answer. • [ predic. ] mistaken: I was wrong about him being on the yacht that evening. • unsuitable or undesirable: they asked all the wrong questions. • [ predic. ] in a bad or abnormal condition; amiss: something was wrong with the pump. 2 unjust, dishonest, or immoral: they were wrong to take the law into their own hands | it was wrong of me to write you such an angry note. ▶adverb in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction: what am I doing wrong? • with an incorrect result: she guessed wrong. ▶noun an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action: I have done you a great wrong. • Law a breach, by commission or omission, of one's legal duty. • Law an invasion of right to the damage or prejudice of another. ▶verb [ with obj. ] act unjustly or dishonestly toward (someone ): please forgive me these things and the people I have wronged. • mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent: perhaps I wrong him. PHRASES get someone wrong misunderstand someone, esp. by falsely imputing malice: now, don't get me wrong, my fellow players are a great bunch of people. go down the wrong way (of food ) enter the windpipe instead of the gullet. go wrong make a mistake. • (of a device ) malfunction; develop a fault. • develop in an undesirable way: the government has ordered an inquiry to ascertain what went wrong. in the wrong responsible for a quarrel, mistake, or offense. two wrongs don't make a right proverb the fact that someone has done something unjust or dishonest is no justification for acting in a similar way. DERIVATIVES wrong er noun, wrong ly adverb, wrong ness noun ORIGIN late Old English wrang, from Old Norse rangr ‘awry, unjust ’; related to wring .
wrongdoer
wrong do er |ˈrôNGˌdo͞oər ˈrɔːŋduːər | ▶noun a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender: we'd like to see wrongdoers expelled from the industry entirely.
wrongdoing
wrong do ing |ˈrôNGˌdo͞oiNG ˈrɔŋˌduɪŋ | ▶noun illegal or dishonest behavior: the head of the bank has denied any wrongdoing.
wrong-foot
wrong-foot |ˈˌrɑŋ ˈfʊt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (in a game ) play so as to catch (an opponent ) off balance: Cook wrong-footed the defense with a low free kick. • Brit. put (someone ) in a difficult or embarrassing situation by saying or doing something that they do not expect: an announcement regarded as an attempt to wrong-foot the opposition.
wrongful
wrong ful |ˈrôNGfəl ˈrɔŋfəl | ▶adjective (of an act ) not fair, just, or legal: he is suing the police for wrongful arrest. DERIVATIVES wrong ful ly adverb, wrong ful ness noun
wrongful death
wrong ful death ▶adjective denoting a civil action in which damages are sought against a party for causing a death, typically when criminal action has failed or is not attempted: a wrongful death lawsuit.
wrongheaded
wrong head ed |ˈrôNGˌhedid ˌrɔŋˈhɛdəd | ▶adjective having or showing bad judgment; misguided: this approach is both wrongheaded and naive. DERIVATIVES wrong head ed ly adverb, wrong head ed ness noun
wrong side
wrong side ▶noun the reverse side of a fabric. PHRASES born on the wrong side of the blanket see blanket. get out of bed on the wrong side see bed. on the wrong side of 1 out of favor with: she knew not to get on the wrong side of him. 2 somewhat more than (a specified age ): he cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of fifty. on the wrong side of the tracks see track 1. wrong side out inside out.
wrong'un
wrong'un |ˈrɒŋən | ▶noun Brit. informal 1 a person of bad character. 2 Cricket another term for googly. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: contraction of wrong one .
Oxford Dictionary
wrong
wrong |rɒŋ | ▶adjective 1 not correct or true; incorrect: that is the wrong answer. • [ predic. ] having judged incorrectly; mistaken: I was wrong about him being on the yacht that evening. • unsuitable or undesirable: the doctor may regard the patient's decision as wrong. • [ predic. ] in a bad or abnormal condition; amiss: something was wrong with the pump. 2 unjust, dishonest, or immoral: that was wrong of me | [ with infinitive ] : they were wrong to take the law into their own hands. ▶adverb in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction: what am I doing wrong? • with an incorrect result: she guessed wrong. ▶noun an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action: I have done you a great wrong. ▶verb [ with obj. ] act unjustly or dishonestly towards: they would kill a man who wronged a family. • mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent: perhaps I wrong him. PHRASES fall (or get ) into the wrong hands (of information or an object ) be stolen, or be found by an unfriendly person: this is a private letter that fell into the wrong hands. get someone wrong misunderstand someone, especially by falsely ascribing malice to them: now, don't get me wrong, my fellow players are a great bunch of people. get ( hold of ) the wrong end of the stick Brit. misunderstand something. go down the wrong way informal (of food ) enter the windpipe instead of the gullet. go wrong make a mistake. • (of a device ) malfunction; develop a fault. • develop in an undesirable way: whenever things went wrong she would blame us. in the wrong responsible for a quarrel, mistake, or offence. on the wrong side of 1 out of favour with: she knew not to get on the wrong side of him. 2 somewhat more than (a specified age ): he cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of fifty. the wrong way round in the opposite of the normal or desirable orientation, direction, or sequence. two wrongs don't make a right proverb the fact that someone has done something unjust or dishonest is no justification for acting in a similar way. DERIVATIVES wronger noun, wrongly adverb, wrongness noun ORIGIN late Old English wrang, from Old Norse rangr ‘awry, unjust ’; related to wring .
wrongdoer
wrong |doer |ˈrɒŋˌduːə (r )| ▶noun a person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender: they need to punish wrongdoers.
wrongdoing
wrong |doing |ˈrɒŋduːɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] illegal or dishonest behaviour: police have denied any wrongdoing.
wrong-foot
wrong-foot ▶verb [ with obj. ] Brit. (in a game ) play so as to catch (an opponent ) off balance: Cook wrong-footed the defence with a low free kick. • put (someone ) in a difficult situation by saying or doing something unexpected: an announcement regarded as an attempt to wrong-foot the opposition.
wrongful
wrong |ful |ˈrɒŋfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective (of an act ) not fair, just, or legal: he is suing the police for wrongful arrest. DERIVATIVES wrongfully adverb, wrongfulness noun
wrongful death
wrong ful death ▶adjective denoting a civil action in which damages are sought against a party for causing a death, typically when criminal action has failed or is not attempted: a wrongful death lawsuit.
wrong-headed
wrong-headed ▶adjective having or showing bad judgement; misguided: this approach is both wrong-headed and naive. DERIVATIVES wrong-headedly adverb, wrong-headedness noun
wrong'un
wrong'un |ˈrɒŋən | ▶noun Brit. informal 1 a person of bad character. 2 Cricket another term for googly. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: contraction of wrong one .
American Oxford Thesaurus
wrong
wrong adjective 1 the wrong answer: incorrect, mistaken, in error, erroneous, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target, unsound, faulty; informal out. ANTONYMS right, correct. 2 he knew he had said the wrong thing: inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, inapposite, undesirable; ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, injudicious, infelicitous, unfitting, out of keeping, improper; informal out of order. ANTONYMS appropriate. 3 I've done nothing wrong: illegal, unlawful, illicit, criminal, dishonest, dishonorable, corrupt; unethical, immoral, bad, wicked, sinful, iniquitous, nefarious, blameworthy, reprehensible; informal crooked. ANTONYMS ethical, legal. 4 there's something wrong with the engine: amiss, awry, out of order, not right, faulty, flawed, defective. ▶adverb she guessed wrong: incorrectly, wrongly, inaccurately, erroneously, mistakenly, in error. ▶noun 1 the difference between right and wrong: immorality, sin, sinfulness, wickedness, evil; unlawfulness, crime, corruption, villainy, dishonesty, injustice, wrongdoing, misconduct, transgression. ANTONYMS right, virtue. 2 an attempt to make up for past wrongs: misdeed, offense, injury, crime, transgression, violation, peccadillo, sin; injustice, outrage, atrocity; Law tort; archaic trespass. ▶verb 1 she was determined to forget the man who had wronged her: ill-use, mistreat, do an injustice to, do wrong to, ill-treat, abuse, harm, hurt, injure. 2 perhaps I am wronging him: malign, misrepresent, do a disservice to, impugn, defame, slander, libel. PHRASES get wrong don't get me wrong, I usually like Italian food: misunderstand, misinterpret, misconstrue, mistake, misread, take amiss; get the wrong idea /impression; informal be barking up the wrong tree. go wrong 1 I've gone wrong somewhere: make a mistake, make an error, make a blunder, blunder, miscalculate, trip up; informal slip up, goof, screw up, make a boo-boo, fluff, flub. 2 their plans went wrong: go awry, go amiss, go off course, fail, be unsuccessful, fall through, come to nothing; backfire, misfire, rebound; informal come to grief, come a cropper, go up in smoke, go adrift. 3 the radio's gone wrong: break down, malfunction, fail, stop working, crash, give out; informal be on the blink, conk out, go kaput, go on the fritz. in the wrong just admit that you're in the wrong: to blame, blameworthy, at fault, reprehensible, responsible, culpable, answerable, guilty; archaic peccant. WORD SPECTRUM: right / wrong See right Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.
wrongdoer
wrongdoer noun the wrongdoers in our neighborhood were essentially harmless: offender, lawbreaker, criminal, felon, delinquent, villain, culprit, evildoer, sinner, transgressor, malefactor, miscreant, rogue, scoundrel; informal crook; Law malfeasant; archaic trespasser.
wrongdoing
wrongdoing noun are you accusing me of some kind of wrongdoing? crime, lawbreaking, lawlessness, criminality, misconduct, misbehavior, malpractice, corruption, immorality, sin, sinfulness, wickedness, evil, vice, iniquity, villainy; offense, felony, wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, fault, peccadillo, transgression; Law malfeasance, tort; formal malversation; archaic trespass.
wrongful
wrongful adjective a wrongful arrest: unjustified, unwarranted, unjust, unfair, undue, undeserved, unreasonable, groundless, indefensible, inappropriate, improper, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate. ANTONYMS rightful, fair.
Oxford Thesaurus
wrong
wrong adjective 1 there were no right or wrong answers | in my opinion the judge was wrong: incorrect, mistaken, in error, erroneous, inaccurate, not accurate, inexact, not exact, imprecise, invalid, untrue, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target; misleading, illogical, unsound, unfounded, without foundation, faulty, flawed; informal off beam, bogus, phoney, out, way out, full of holes, dicey, iffy; Brit. informal dodgy; archaic abroad. ANTONYMS right, correct, spot on. 2 he knew at once that he had said the wrong thing: inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, inapposite, undesirable; ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, injudicious, infelicitous, unacceptable, beyond the pale, unwarranted, unfitting, out of keeping, improper, unseemly, unbecoming, indecorous, lacking in propriety; informal out of order. ANTONYMS appropriate. 3 driving while drunk is wrong: illegal, unlawful, illicit, indictable, lawless, lawbreaking, criminal, delinquent, felonious, dishonest, dishonourable, corrupt; unethical, immoral, morally wrong, bad, wicked, base, evil, sinful, foul, despicable, iniquitous, nefarious, blameworthy, condemnable, culpable; informal crooked, shady; Brit. informal bent, not cricket. ANTONYMS legal; ethical. 4 there is no sign of anything wrong with your heart: amiss, awry, out of order, not right, faulty, defective, unsatisfactory, incorrect, inappropriate. 5 lay the curtain out flat with the wrong side uppermost: reverse, inside, opposite, inverse. ▶adverb the government might do its sums wrong: incorrectly, wrongly, inaccurately, erroneously, mistakenly; inexactly, imprecisely, falsely. PHRASES get someone /something wrong don't get me wrong, motorways aren't always a bad thing: misunderstand, misinterpret, misapprehend, misconstrue, misconceive, mistake, misread, take amiss; get the wrong idea, receive a false impression, be under a delusion, be at cross purposes; informal be barking up the wrong tree, get the wrong end of the stick. go wrong 1 there's no need to beat yourself up if you go wrong: make a mistake, make an error, err, make a blunder, blunder, go astray, miscalculate, be incorrect, be wide of the mark, trip up; informal slip up, screw up, make a boo-boo, make a bloomer; Brit. informal boob, drop a clanger. 2 their plans to poison him went wrong: go awry, go amiss, go adrift, go off course, fail, not succeed, be unsuccessful, go badly, be ruined, fall through, fall flat, fall apart, come apart at the seams, break down, come to nothing, flounder, collapse, meet with disaster, backfire, rebound, boomerang, misfire, miscarry, abort; informal come to grief, flop, come a cropper, go haywire, bite the dust, go up in smoke. 3 the new television sets will contain fewer components to go wrong: break down, malfunction, fail, stop working, stop functioning, cease to function, crash, give out, go out of control, develop a fault, act up, be defective; informal be on the blink, conk out, go kaput, go phut, go haywire, bite the dust, have had it; Brit. informal play up, pack up. 4 young people who go wrong: go astray, err, do wrong, commit a crime, commit a sin, fall into a life of crime, get into bad ways, stray from the straight and narrow, fall from grace; informal go to the dogs. ▶noun 1 they knew the difference between right and wrong: immorality, badness, sin, sinfulness, wickedness, evil, vice, depravity, vileness, iniquity; unlawfulness, crime, corruption, villainy, dishonesty, injustice, wrongdoing, misconduct, transgression; informal crookedness. ANTONYMS right, virtue, honour. 2 no one is entitled to profit from his own wrong | the fellow had really done him a wrong: misdeed, bad deed, bad act /action, offence, injury, crime, unlawful act, illegal act, violation, infringement, infraction, transgression, peccadillo, sin; injustice, unfairness, unjust act, grievance, outrage, atrocity; Law malfeasance, tort; archaic trespass; rare malefaction. PHRASES in the wrong 1 he was ashamed to admit that he was in the wrong: mistaken, in error, erring, errant, off course, off target, wide of the mark; informal off beam. ANTONYMS right. 2 the law considers you to be in the wrong: to blame, blameworthy, at fault, condemnable, censurable, reproachable, reprehensible, responsible, culpable, answerable, guilty; archaic peccant. ANTONYMS blameless. ▶verb when you have wronged someone admit it and apologize: malign, misrepresent, do a disservice to, do an injustice to, dishonour, impugn, vilify, defame, slander, libel, denigrate, insult; mistreat, do wrong to, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, ill-use, harm, hurt, injure, do injury to, offend against, oppress; informal bad mouth, kick in the teeth, do the dirty on.
wrongdoer
wrongdoer noun offender, lawbreaker, criminal, felon, convict, jailbird, delinquent, villain, culprit, guilty party, evil-doer, sinner, transgressor, malefactor, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, rascal, outlaw; informal crook, con, crim, wrong 'un, baddy, bad guy, bad egg; Law malfeasant, misfeasor, infractor; archaic miscreant, trespasser. ANTONYMS law-abiding citizen.
wrongdoing
wrongdoing noun good journalism can expose wrongdoing | he had admitted his wrongdoings: crime, lawbreaking, lawlessness, criminality, misconduct, malpractice, corruption, unethical behaviour, immorality, sin, sinfulness, wickedness, badness, evil, vice, iniquity, villainy, delinquency, misbehaviour, mischief, naughtiness; offence, felony, criminal act, wrong, misdeed, misdemeanour, fault, error, lapse, peccadillo, transgression, immoral act, evil act; Law malfeasance, tort; archaic trespass; rare maleficence, malefaction, malversation.
wrongful
wrongful adjective she's suing the police for wrongful arrest: unjustified, unwarranted, unjust, unfair, undue, undeserved, uncalled for, unreasonable, unnecessary, groundless, indefensible, inappropriate, improper, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, illicit. ANTONYMS rightful, fair.
wrongly
wrongly adverb the two women were wrongly accused of kidnapping: incorrectly, mistakenly, by mistake, erroneously, in error, falsely, fallaciously, inaccurately, imprecisely, inappropriately. ANTONYMS rightly, correctly.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
wrong
wrong /rɔːŋ |rɔŋ / (! 語頭wr -のwは発音しない ) 〖語源は 「ねじれた 」〗 (!(↔right )) 形容詞 more ～; most ～/｟まれ ｠～er ; ～est 1 〈事が 〉 (事実 規則 基準などに照らして )間違った , 誤った , 不正確な (｟ややかたく ｠incorrect )▸ (Sorry, ) wrong number .｟話 ｠(すみません )間違えました (!(1 )I'm sorry, I have the wrong number. の略; 間違い電話をかけてきた相手にはYou have the wrong number. と言う. (2 )╳false numberとしない ) ▸ I gave him a wrong address .私は彼に間違った住所を教えた ▸ This change is wrong .この釣り銭は間違っている ▸ I think people get the wrong idea about her .みんな彼女のことを思い違いしているのだと思う .2 〖be ～〗〈人が 〉 (判断の点で ) «…について » 誤っている , 間違っている , 勘違いしている (｟ややかたく ｠mistaken ) «about » ; 〖A is ～ to do /it is ～ of A to do 〗…するとはA 〈人 〉は誤っている ▸ I thought there weren't any problems, but I was wrong about that .何ら問題はないと思っていたが, それは誤りだった ▸ Correct me if I'm wrong , but didn't Ethan Hunt pass away? 間違っていたらごめんなさい, イーサン ハントは亡くなったのではないですか (!確信が持てないので丁寧に前置きをする表現 ) ▸ I was wrong to think he didn't need me .彼が私を必要としていないと思っていたが間違いだった ▸ You're not [all ] wrong .｟話 ｠おっしゃる通りです [全然違います ] (!相手の言うことに同意 [反論 ]して ) ▸ I know it's wrong of me [I'm wrong ] to speak ill of the dead .死んだ人のことを悪く言うのはよくないことはわかっている .3 〖something is wrong (with A )/there is something wrong (with A )〗(A 〈事 物 人 〉は )どこか具合が悪い [不都合である , 普通でない ] (!Aは 名詞 または 動名 ) ; 〖something wrong 〗何か具合の悪い物 [事 ] (!いずれもsomethingはanything, nothingのこともある ) ▸ Something is wrong with this theory .この理論はどこかおかしい (!This theory is wrong. は 「この理論は誤っている 」の意; ↑1 ) ▸ I think something is wrong .(状況が )何か変だなと思う ▸ Did I say something wrong ?何か変なこと言ったかな ▸ There's nothing wrong with me .私はどこも体調は悪くない (!「私にやましい所はない 」という意味ではないことに注意 ) ▸ Is there something wrong with the fax? そのファックスはどこか壊れてませんか .4 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗a. 不適切な , ふさわしくない 〈物 事 〉; (意図したのと )違う ▸ Don't take my advice the wrong way .私の忠告を誤解しないでください (!しばしば副詞的に用いる ) ▸ I used to do the wrong thing when I was drinking .酒を飲んでいてよくへまをやらかしたものだ ▸ go down the wrong way 〈食物が 〉 (食道でなく )気管に入る ▸ take the wrong train 列車を間違えて乗る .b. (生地などの )裏の ; (方向などが )逆の ▸ wear socks wrong side out ソックスを裏返しにはいている .5 〖通例be ～〗〈事が 〉 (道徳上 )誤っている , 悪い , 不誠実な (!時にsomethingなどの不定代名詞を後置修飾する ) ; 〖it is wrong (for A ) to do /that A (｟主に英 ｠should ) do 〗A 〈人 〉が …するのは誤っている (→should 助動詞 7 語法 )▸ I didn't do anything wrong .私は何も誤ったことはしていない (╳ … do a wrong thing [wrong things ]としない )▸ It's wrong to kill small animals for fur .毛皮を取るために小動物を殺すことはよくない ▸ It's wrong that you (｟主に英 ｠should ) have to endure this embarrassment .君がこのような気恥ずかしさに耐えねばならんとはおかしい .Wh à t's wr ó ng (with A )?｟話 ｠1 (A 〈人 物 〉は )どうかしましたか (!体の具合が悪そうな人や落ち込んでいる人に対してかける言葉 ) ▸ “What's wrong with you [your arm ]?” “Nothing. ”「君 [腕を ], どうかしたの 」「別に 」▸ “What's wrong ?” “My throat hurts!”「どうしたの 」「のどが痛いんだ 」.2 (A 〈物 機械など 〉が )なぜ調子が悪いのか ▸ What's wrong with the TV? The top half of the picture's all fuzzy .テレビの調子がおかしいな . 画像の上半分がぼやけているぞ .3 (良さそうに思えるのに )(A 〈…(すること )〉の )いったいどこが悪いというのか (!Aは 名詞 動名 ) ▸ What's wrong with being a doctor? 医者になってどこがいけないのですか .副詞 比較なし 〖動詞 の後で 〗間違って , 誤って ; 誤った方向に ▸ They spelled my name wrong [wrongly ].彼らは私の名前のつづりを間違えた ▸ What did I do wrong ?何か間違ったことをしましたか (していないと思いますが )▸ Any time I guess wrong I feel stupid .当てそこなうたびに自分がばかだと思うよ .コーパスの窓 wrongとwrongly wrongとwronglyはほぼ同じ意味を表すが, wrongは特に ｟くだけて ｠で好まれる. またwrongは修飾する 動詞 やその目的語の後に, wronglyは修飾する動詞句の前後, 分詞やthat節の前に置かれる ▸ He was wrongly [╳wrong ] accused of being a racist .彼は不当にも人種差別主義者として非難された .様態を表す際はwronglyのみ可能 ▸ connect the cable wrongly [╳wrong ]ケーブルを不適切につなぐ .なお, wrongがgo, do, get, haveなどの 動詞 と共に成句を作る場合はwronglyと交換できない .g è t [h à ve ] it all wr ó ng ｟話 ｠誤解 [勘違い ]する ▸ You've got it all wrong and you've missed the point .君はまったく勘違いして, 肝心な点を見落としている .g è t A wr ó ng ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉の言うことを正しく理解していない, Aを誤解する ; A 〈事 状況など 〉を間違える ▸ Don't get me wrong , I'm not complaining .勘違いしないでくれよ, 別に文句を言ってんじゃないんだから ▸ I'm sorry, I got it wrong .ごめん, 誤解してたよ ▸ Richard got my age wrong .リチャードは私の年齢を取り違えた .g ò wr ó ng 1 «…に関して » 〈人が 〉間違える ; 〈事が 〉うまく行かない «with » ▸ What went wrong ?どこが悪かったのか (!特にどの時点からおかしくなったのかを意識する場合, Where did I [we ] go wrong ?が用いられることもある ) ▸ For wine, you can't go wrong with this one .ワインならこれにしておけば間違いない .2 〈機械などが 〉狂う, 調子が悪くなる ▸ The clock went wrong .時計が狂った .3 〈事が 〉 (期待 意図ほどは )うまくゆかない ▸ Billy's plan went wrong .ビリーの計画はうまくゆかなかった (╳ … went wrongly. としない ).not g ò t ò o f á r wr ò ng (期待し [やり ]すぎて )失敗するようなことはない .r ì ght or wr ó ng →right 副詞 .名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 悪いこと , 悪 ; 不誠実 , 不正 ▸ You know the difference between right and wrong .君は善悪の判断ができるはずだ (╳ … wrong and rightとしない; →the right s and wrongs of A )▸ forgive those who did wrong 悪事を犯した者を許す .2 C ｟かたく ｠違法 [不当 ]行為 ; 悪事 , 過ち ▸ right wrongs 不正を正す ▸ I am guilty of many wrongs in my life .私は人生においてさまざまな悪事を重ねてきた .be in the wr ó ng (誤り 事故 けんかなどで )〈人が 〉 (道徳上 )責任がある, 悪い (!be wrongより ｟かたい ｠言い方 ) ▸ You are in the right. They're in the wrong . Is that what you're saying? 君が正しくて, 彼らが間違っている . そう言いたいのですね .can [could ] d ò no wr ó ng 〈人が 〉間違うはずはない, 何をやっても正しい .d ò A wr ó ng A 〈人 〉を不当に扱う, 虐待する .the r ì ghts and wr ó ngs of A →right 名詞 .Two wr ò ngs don't m à ke a r í ght .｟ことわざ ｠悪事を2つ足しても善にはならない 〘報復は正当化できない 〙.動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人 〉を不当に扱う , 虐待する ▸ Elephants only attack those who have wronged them .象は自分を不当に扱った人々だけを攻撃する .2 〈人 〉を非難 [中傷 ]する ; …を誤解する .wr ó ng ness 名詞
wrongdoer
wr ó ng d ò er 名詞 C 悪事を働く人, 犯罪者 .
wrongdoing
wr ó ng d ò ing 名詞 U 悪事を働くこと ; U C 悪事, 犯罪 ; 悪行 .
wrong-foot
wr ò ng-f ó ot 動詞 他動詞 ｟主に英 ｠〈相手 〉の不意をつく, …をまごつかせる .
wrongful
wrong ful /rɔ́ːŋf (ə )l |rɔ́ŋ -/形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 不正な, 不当な ; 悪い ▸ wrongful dismissal 不当解雇 2 不法な .～ly 副詞 不当に ; 不法に .
wrongheaded
wr ò ng h é ad ed /-ɪd /形容詞 片意地な, 頑固な ; 間違った, 誤った .～ly 副詞 頑固に .～ness 名詞
wrongly
wrong ly /rɔ́ːŋli |rɔ́ŋ -/副詞 (↔rightly )1 誤って, 間違って (→wrong コーパスの窓 )▸ You have been wrongly informed .君は間違って聞いている ▸ rightly or wrongly 良かれ悪しかれ, いずれにしても .2 不当に, 不正に ▸ They wrongly treated us .彼らは我々を不当に扱った .
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