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How to pronounce wrong in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms wrongfulness
Type of injustice, unjustness


he feels that you are in the wrong.
Type Words
Synonyms amiss, awry, haywire


something is wrong with the engine.
Type Words
Synonyms damage, legal injury
Type of injury
Type Words
Synonyms incorrect
Derivation wrongness


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.
Type Words
Synonyms ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely


it was the wrong moment for a joke.
Type Words
Synonyms incorrectly, wrongly


she guessed wrong.
Type Words
Synonyms improper
Derivation wrongness


said all the wrong things.
Type Words
Synonyms faulty, incorrect


the wrong side of the road.
Type Words
Synonyms incorrect


the wrong medicine.
the wrong way to shuck clams.
Type Words
Derivation wrongness


it is wrong to think that way.
Type Words
Derivation wrongness


it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor.
cheating is wrong.
it is wrong to lie.
Type Words
Type of handle, treat, do by
Has types victimize, sandbag, aggrieve, victimise
Type Words


socks worn wrong side out.

Examples of wrong

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In other words, he said, unemployment fell last month, but for the wrong reason.
From the orlandosentinel.com
You felt only so many things could go wrong, then Barbecoa turned it up a notch.
From the bloomberg.com
I get the jilted feelings of Mizzou fans who think that Anderson did them wrong.
From the bostonherald.com
It is wrong to single out a segment of society, like smokers, for tax increases.
From the omaha.com
Sometimes I think if you cut in the wrong place, you shoot yourself in the foot.
From the kansas.com
When history decides to shift, people are always looking in the wrong direction.
From the sfgate.com
It is wrong to go after Social Security to pay down the governments other debts.
From the latimes.com
If they're tipped in the middle of the field, they're going to go the wrong way.
From the dailyherald.com
When things go as badly wrong as they have at BP, someone has to take the blame.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Incorrect: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "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"
  • Incorrectly: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"
  • That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong"
  • Treat unjustly; do wrong to
  • Contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
  • Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
  • Improper: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things"
  • Amiss(p): not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
  • A wrong or being wrong is a concept in law, ethics, and science. In a colloquial sense, wrongness usually refers to a state of incorrectness, inaccuracy, error or miscalculation in any number of contexts. ...