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  • 11wrong — like right, exists as an adverb alongside the regularly formed word wrongly. It is mostly used with a limited number of words and means roughly ‘incorrectly’, or ‘astray’, as in We guessed wrong and I said it wrong. In these cases wrongly can… …

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  • 12Wrong — (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wronged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wronging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. [1913… …

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  • 13Wrong — (englisch: falsch) bezeichnet unter anderem: Wrong (Depeche Mode Lied), Single der Band Depeche Mode aus dem Jahr 2009 Wrong (Everything but the Girl Lied), Single der Band Everything but the Girl aus dem Jahr 1996 Wrong ist der Familienname… …

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  • 14Wrong — Wrong, adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. [1913 Webster] Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Wrong — Wrong, obs. imp. of {Wring}. Wrung. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16wrong — n injustice, injury, grievance Analogous words: damage, *injury, harm, mischief: violation, infraction, *breach, trespass, transgression: hardship, *difficulty wrong adj 1 *false …

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  • 17wrong — vb Wrong, oppress, persecute, aggrieve can mean to inflict injury upon a person without just cause or in an outrageous manner. One wrongs another who injures him by unjustifiably depriving him of his property or his good name or by violating… …

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  • 18wrong|do|er — «RNG DOO uhr, RONG », noun. a person who does wrong …

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  • 19wrong|o — «RNG oh, RONG », noun, plural wrong|os. Slang. a wrongdoer; badman …

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  • 20wrong — wrong1 W1S1 [rɔŋ US ro:ŋ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not correct)¦ 2 be wrong (about somebody/something) 3¦(problems)¦ 4¦(not the right one)¦ 5¦(not morally right)¦ 6¦(not suitable)¦ 7¦(not working)¦ 8 be the wrong way round/around 9 the wrong way up …

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