wrong — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. Incorrect or untrue.

   ÜbersetzungFalsch oder unwahr.

   Beispiele

   This answer is wrong.

   Diese Antwort ist falsch.

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

   Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […]

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   You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone?

   In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]

   Throughout this time, Mystic Wolmar has been trying his luck and mostly getting it wrong - especially in 2006, when he got virtually everything wrong, including the departure of Tony Blair.

2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.

   Beispiele

   You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.

3. Immoral, not good, bad.

   ÜbersetzungUnmoralisch oder schlecht.

   Beispiele

   It is wrong to steal.

   Stehlen ist falsch.

   It is wrong to lie.

   Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this!

4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

   Beispiele

   A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.

5. Not working; out of order.

   ÜbersetzungNicht richtig funktionierend; defekt.

   Beispiele

   Something is wrong with the computer.

   Mit dem Computer stimmt etwas nicht.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

   Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.

6. Designed to be worn or placed inward.

   Synonyme

   back

   Antonyme

   rightfront

   Beispiele

   the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth

7. Twisted; wry.

   Beispiele

   a wrong nose

Adverb

1. In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

   Gebrauch

   • informell

   Beispiele

   I spelled several names wrong in my address book.

   You're doing it all wrong!

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   `Then, just as I was, I walked out of the house and went to the recruiting-office, stating my age wrong.'

Substantiv

1. Something that is immoral or not good.

   Synonyme

   depravityiniquitysin

   Beispiele

   Injustice is a heinous wrong.

2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).

   Synonyme

   hardshipsorrowwrongdoing

   Beispiele

   Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?

3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.

   Synonyme

   errorwrengthwrongnesswrongfulness

   Beispiele

   I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.

4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.

   Synonyme

   improprietyroguery

   Beispiele

   Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.

Verb

1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.

   Beispiele

   The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.

   Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.

2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.

   Beispiele

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   ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong.

3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

   Synonyme

   libelmaligntraduce

   Beispiele

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   O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.

Adjektiv

1. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

   Synonyme

   incorrect

   Antonyme

   right

   Beispiele

   an incorrect calculation

   the report in the paper is wrong

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   your information is wrong

   the clock showed the wrong time

   found themselves on the wrong road

   based on the wrong assumptions

2. contrary to conscience or morality or law

   Antonyme

   right

   Beispiele

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

   cheating is wrong

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   it is wrong to lie

3. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   Synonyme

   improper

   Beispiele

   said all the wrong things

4. not functioning properly

   Synonyme

   amissawryhaywire

   Beispiele

   something is amiss

   has gone completely haywire

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   something is wrong with the engine

5. based on or acting or judging in error

   Antonyme

   right

   Beispiele

   it is wrong to think that way

6. not in accord with established usage or procedure

   Synonyme

   incorrect

   Beispiele

   the wrong medicine

   the wrong way to shuck clams

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts

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

   Beispiele

   socks worn wrong side out

8. badly timed

   Synonyme

   ill-timedunseasonableuntimely

   Beispiele

   an ill-timed intervention

   you think my intrusion unseasonable

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   an untimely remark

   it was the wrong moment for a joke

9. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

   Synonyme

   faultyincorrect

   Beispiele

   he submitted a faulty report

   an incorrect transcription

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   the wrong side of the road

Substantiv

1. that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

   Synonyme

   wrongfulness

   Antonyme

   right

   Oberbegriffe

   injusticeunjustness

   Beispiele

   he feels that you are in the wrong

2. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

   Synonyme

   legal injurydamage

   Oberbegriffe

   injury

Adverb

1. in an incorrect manner

   Synonyme

   incorrectlywrongly

   Beispiele

   he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly

   she guessed wrong

Verb

1. treat unjustly; do wrong to

   Antonyme

   right

   Oberbegriffe

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