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wrong adj. 1 improper, unjust, unfair, injudicious, unethical,
terrible, foul, awful, bad, immoral, sinful, evil, iniquitous,
villainous, wicked, vile, diabolic(al), infernal, fiendish,
corrupt, dishonest, reprehensible, abominable, dreadful,
dishonourable, blameworthy, naughty, shameful, disgraceful,
opprobrious, criminal, felonious, illegal, illicit, unlawful,
illegitimate, Colloq crooked: They believe that all war is
wrong. It was wrong of you to come here while my husband was
away. 2 mistaken, in error, erroneous, incorrect, inaccurate,
imprecise, inexact, fallacious, askew, false, wide of the mark;
strange, odd, peculiar, curious; Colloq off target or US also
off the target, Brit off beam, US off the beam: The answers to
these four questions were all wrong. You certainly have some
wrong ideas about me. 3 incorrect, improper, unsuitable: They
must have given us the wrong baby at the hospital. 4
inappropriate, inapt, improper, indecorous, unseemly, unfitting,
unacceptable, undesirable, incongruous, unbecoming, out of
place, ill-considered, wrong-headed, imprudent, misguided,
inexpedient, impolitic, infelicitous, Colloq out of line: You
saw nothing wrong in inviting girls to stay with you in your
rooms? Your mother thinks she's the wrong girl for you. 5 out of
order, not working, faulty, awry, amiss, the matter, defective,
imperfect, unsound, flawed, deficient: Considering the noise my
car makes, there must be something wrong. 6 opposite, reverse,
incorrect, improper: That is the wrong direction to the post
office.
--adv. 7 awry, imperfectly, incorrectly, improperly,
inappropriately, amiss, badly, wrongly, Scots and No. Eng. and
literary agley, Colloq out of sync: You've wired up the video
all wrong. 8 go wrong. a go astray, falter, fail, lapse, err,
fall from grace, go to the bad, deteriorate, go downhill,
backslide, regress, retrogress, recidivate: Her father was
convinced that she would go wrong if she went into the theatre.
b fail, malfunction, break down, miscarry, backfire, fall
through, Colloq flop, come to grief, go kaput, Brit go phut:
The entire plan went wrong when Clara started screaming.
--v. 9 abuse, mistreat, injure, misuse, maltreat, ill-use,
ill-treat, discredit, asperse, calumniate, malign, dishonour,
impose upon, take advantage of, harm, damage, oppress: He
believes he was wronged by his commanding officer.