wrong

adj

1. bad, immoral, sinful, peccant, wrongful; unlawful, illegal, lawless, illicit, law-breaking, illegitimate, Inf. illegit, criminal, felonious, larcenous, delinquent; dishonest, corrupt, crooked, malfeasant, misfeasant, degenerate, depraved, Sl. sick; reprehensible, shameful, disgraceful, dishonorable, opprobrious, blameworthy; vile, sordid, foul, base, low, dirty, filthy, scurvy, rotten, wretched, miserable; evil, wicked, iniquitous, nefarious, sinister, dark, black, villainous, evil-minded, nasty, black-hearted, malicious, vicious, spiteful, malevolent, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, satanic, demoniac, demoniacal, Mephistophelian; fiendish, hellish, infernal, Stygian; heinous, atrocious, terrible, awful, horrible, horrid, dreadful, Inf. godawful; abominable, despicable, detestable, contemptible, hateful, odious.

2. erroneous, incorrect, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise; amiss, mistaken, off, Inf. off base, Inf. off target, Inf. off the beam, on the wrong track, Inf. barking up the wrong tree; way off, Inf. off by a mile, not even close, Sl. out in left field, Sl. at sea, Inf. cold, all wrong, dead wrong; unsound, illogical, irrational, ungrounded, groundless, unfounded, twisted, Sl. cock-eyed, Sl. screwy; crazy, Sl. all wet, full of beans or prunes, Sl. full of hot air, Sl. full of it, Sl. nuts, Sl. whacko, Sl. cuckoo.

3. wrong-headed, misguided, unwise, imprudent. See wrong-headed(def. 1).

4. improper, indecorous, unseemly, unbecoming, unladylike, ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; malapropos, inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, ill-adapted, incompatible, out of keeping, inapposite, inapplicable, irrelevant, out of place; unwarranted, uncalled for, way out of line.

n

5. misdeed, misdoing, malefaction, wrongdoing, Inf. no-no; immoral act, sin, moral offense, vice, lapse from virtue, unrighteousness, depravity; mistake, error, misstep, blunder, bungle, flub, muff, dereliction, slip, lapse, oversight, omission, Inf. slipup, Sl. screw-up, Sl. boot, Sl. louse-up, Sl. E or the big E; transgression, trespass, offense, infraction, violation; crime, criminal act, felony, misdemeanor, delinquency, Law. tort, malfeasance, Chiefly Law. malversation, dirty pool, corruption; bad, bad or naughty thing, evil, wickedness, iniquity, something awful; atrocity, horror, outrage, monstrosity, enormity.

6. impropriety, indiscretion, gaucherie, faux pas, misconduct, terrible thing, absurdity, All Sl. boo-boo, boner, goof, blooper, clinker, clunker, dumb trick, fool mistake.

adv

7. awry, amiss, athwart, astray, Scot, and North Eng. agley; out of whack, out of order, on the blink.

8. wrongly, erroneously; injuriously, harmfully, perversely; unfairly, unjustly, inequitably,

v

9. abuse, misuse, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, ill-treat, aggrieve, Inf. shaft, Inf. give [s.o.] the shaft, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty or dirt, Sl. kick [s.o.] around or in the teeth, Sl. do [s.o.] wrong; oppressj persecute, keep [s.o.] down; exploit, use, take advantage of, walk all over, impose upon; defraud, cheat, trick, Inf. flimflam, U.S. Sl. con.

10. transgress, trespass, offend, desecrate, profane, defile, debase, prostitute; malign, slur, impugn, traduce, asperse, vilify, defame, slander, libel, bespatter, make [s.o.'s] name mud; denigrate, belittle, minimize, insult, run or put down, Inf. knock, Sl. bad-mouth; ridicule, mock, scorn, deride, make fun of, laugh at.