Wrong

rong, adj. not according to rule or right, deviating from what is correct or suitable: perverse: not fit or suitable: incorrect: not right or true.— n. whatever is not right or just: any injury done to another: an erroneous view.— adv. not rightly.— v.t. to do wrong to: to deprive of some right: to injure.— ns. Wrong′-do′er , one who does wrong: one who injures another; Wrong′-do′ing , evil or wicked action or conduct; Wrong′er , one who wrongs.— adj. Wrong′ful , wrong: unjust: injurious.— adv. Wrong′fully .— n. Wrong′fulne .— adj. Wrong′-head′ed , obstinately and perversely stubborn.— adv. Wrong′-head′edly .— n. Wrong′-head′edne .— adv. Wrong′ly , in a wrong manner.— adj. Wrong′-mind′ed , having erroneous views.— n. Wrong′ne .— adj. Wrong′ous , unjust, illegal.— adv. Wrong′ously .— adj. Wrong′-timed , inopportune.— Go wrong , to fail to work properly: to stray from virtue; Have wrong , to be wrong: to suffer injustice; In the wrong , holding an erroneous view or unjust position; Private wrong , a violation of the civil or personal rights of an individual in his private capacity; Put in the wrong , to cause to appear in error. [A.S. wrang , a wrong; most prob. Scand., Ice. rangr , unjust, Dan. vrang , wrong. Skeat explains A.S. wrang as from wrang , pa.t. of wring an , to wring, like Fr. tort , from L. tort us , twisted.]