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1. Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
   "said all the wrong things";
   - improper
    
2. Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
   "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions";
   - incorrect
    
3. Contrary to conscience, morality or law
   "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
    
4. Not functioning properly
   "something is wrong with the engine";
   - amiss, awry, haywire
    
5. Not in accord with established usage or procedure
   "the wrong medicine";
   - incorrect
    
6. Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
   "socks worn wrong side out"
    
7. Badly timed
   "it was the wrong moment for a joke";
   - ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely
    
8. Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
   "the wrong side of the road";
   - faulty, incorrect
    
9. Based on, acting or judging in error
   "it is wrong to think that way"

1. That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
   "he feels that you are in the wrong";
   - wrongfulness
    
2. Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
   - legal injury, damage

1. Treat unjustly; do wrong to

1. In an incorrect manner
   "she guessed wrong";
   - incorrectly, wrongly, fallaciously

Derived forms: wronging, wrongs, wrongest, wronger, wronged

See also: base, condemnable, correctness, criminal, deplorable, erroneous, evil, fallacious, false, immoral, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inopportune, inside, malfunctioning, misguided, mistaken, nonfunctional, reprehensible, rightness, unethical, unjust, vicious, wicked, wrongheaded

Type of: do by, handle, injury, injustice, treat, unjustness

Antonym: correct, redress, right, rightfulness

Encyclopedia: Wrong, Oliver