wrong — Dicionário de inglês

Adjetivo

1. Incorrect or untrue.

   Exemplos

   This answer is wrong.

   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.

   Exemplos

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

3. Immoral, not good, bad.

   Exemplos

   It is wrong to steal.

   It is wrong to lie.

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

4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

   Exemplos

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

5. Not working; out of order.

   Exemplos

   Something is wrong with the computer.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

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

6. Designed to be worn or placed inward.

   Sinônimos

   back

   Antônimos

   rightfront

   Exemplos

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

7. Twisted; wry.

   Exemplos

   a wrong nose

Advérbio

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

   Uso

   • informal

   Exemplos

   I spelled several names wrong in my address book.

   You're doing it all wrong!

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

Substantivo

1. Something that is immoral or not good.

   Sinônimos

   depravityiniquitysin

   Exemplos

   Injustice is a heinous wrong.

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

   Sinônimos

   hardshipsorrowwrongdoing

   Exemplos

   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.

   Sinônimos

   errorwrengthwrongnesswrongfulness

   Exemplos

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

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

   Sinônimos

   improprietyroguery

   Exemplos

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

Verbo

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

   Exemplos

   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.

   Exemplos

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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.

   Sinônimos

   libelmaligntraduce

   Exemplos

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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.

Adjetivo

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

   Sinônimos

   incorrect

   Antônimos

   right

   Exemplos

   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

   Antônimos

   right

   Exemplos

   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

   Sinônimos

   improper

   Exemplos

   said all the wrong things

4. not functioning properly

   Sinônimos

   amissawryhaywire

   Exemplos

   something is amiss

   has gone completely haywire

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   something is wrong with the engine

5. based on or acting or judging in error

   Antônimos

   right

   Exemplos

   it is wrong to think that way

6. not in accord with established usage or procedure

   Sinônimos

   incorrect

   Exemplos

   the wrong medicine

   the wrong way to shuck clams

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   it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts

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

   Exemplos

   socks worn wrong side out

8. badly timed

   Sinônimos

   ill-timedunseasonableuntimely

   Exemplos

   an ill-timed intervention

   you think my intrusion unseasonable

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   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

   Sinônimos

   faultyincorrect

   Exemplos

   he submitted a faulty report

   an incorrect transcription

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   the wrong side of the road

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   wrongfulness

   Antônimos

   right

   Termos mais gerais

   injusticeunjustness

   Exemplos

   he feels that you are in the wrong

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

   Sinônimos

   legal injurydamage

   Termos mais gerais

   injury

Advérbio

1. in an incorrect manner

   Sinônimos

   incorrectlywrongly

   Exemplos

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

   she guessed wrong

Verbo

1. treat unjustly; do wrong to

   Antônimos

   right

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