wrong

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   based on or acting or judging in error

   it is wrong to think that way

2. 2
   adj

   used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward

   socks worn wrong side out

3. 3
   adj

   not in accord with established usage or procedure

   the wrong medicine

4. 4
   adj

   contrary to conscience or morality or law

   it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor

5. 5
   noun

   that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

   We believe that your client is in the wrong here.

6. 6
   verb

   treat unjustly

   do wrong to

7. 7
   adj

   not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   said all the wrong things

8. 8
   adj

   Incorrect or untrue.

   Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.

Etymology

From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.