Another word for wrong
wrong
modif.
Immoral
evil, sinful, illegal, wicked, naughty, salacious, base, indecent, risqué, blasphemous, ungodly, amoral, dissolute, dissipated, wanton, profane, sacrilegious, depraved, corrupt, profligate, shady*, low-down*, smutty*.
Inaccurate
inexact, erroneous, sophistical, mistaken, in error, incorrect, fallacious, untrue, erring, astray, amiss, ungrounded, spurious, unsubstantial, unsound, erratic, deceiving one self, in the wrong, under an error, beside the mark, laboring under a false impression, out of line, at fault, to no purpose, not right, awry, faulty, mishandled, miscalculated, misfigured, misconstructed, misconstrued, misfashioned, mismade, altered, not precise, perverse, anachronistic, at fault in one's reckoning, wide of the mark, not according to the facts, abounding in error, badly estimated, beyond, the range of probable error, a mile off*, all off*, gummed up*, crazy*.
Inappropriate
unfitted, ill-fitting, disproportionate, out of focus, off balance, misplaced, awkward, gauche, ill-advised, improper, unsuitable, incongruous.
Referring to a side to be kept from view
wrong
n.
Injustice
vice, sin, misdemeanor, crime, immorality, turpitude, indecency, transgression, misdeed, unfairness, imposition, oppression, foul play, prejudice, bias, favor, unlawful practice, villainy, delinquency, misdoing, error, miscarriage, mistake, blunder, offense, faux pas (French), wrongdoing, violation, tort.
An injury
hurt, persecution, injustice, malevolence, cruelty, libel, abuse, harm, damage, spite, slander, false report, slight, misusage, outrage, inhumanity, over-presumption, insult, discourtesy, raw deal*, bum steer*, dirt*.
Antonyms kindness*, good deed, consideration.
wrong
v.
hurt, oppress, defame, persecute, abuse, aggrieve, mistreat, misuse, use, exploit, take advantage of; see also abuse 1.
wrong implies the inflicting of unmerited injury or harm upon another he was wronged by false charges; oppress implies a burdening with harsh, rigorous impositions or the cruel or unjust use of power oppressed by heavy taxation; persecute suggests constant harassment or the relentless infliction of cruelty and suffering the persecuted minorities of Nazi Germany; aggrieve suggests just or legitimate grounds for complaint or resentment for wrongs or injuries done aggrieved by the company's ill-treatment of him; abuse suggests improper or hurtful treatment, as by the use of harsh punishment or insulting or coarse language felt abused by his father's constant haranguing
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Another word for wrong
Containing an error or errors:
erroneous, fallacious, false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off, unsound, untrue. Idioms: all wet, in error, off base, off (or wide of) the mark. See correctDevoid of truth:
counterfactual, false, specious, spurious, truthless, untrue, untruthful. See trueMorally objectionable:
bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked. See rightNot in accordance with what is usual or expected:
amiss, astray, awry, sour. See surprise, thriveAfflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound. (Informal) bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. (Slang) bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. (Chiefly British) crackers. (Law) non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane
A wicked act or wicked behavior:
crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, sin, wickedness, wrongdoing. See rightThat which is morally bad or objectionable:
evil, iniquity, peccancy, sin, wickedness. See rightLack of justice:
inequity, iniquity, injustice, unfairness, unjustness. See law, rightAn act that is not just:
disservice, inequity, injustice, raw deal. (Law) injury. See law, right
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