Meaning

3 senses

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

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

    ungerecht handeln, jmdn. ungerecht behandeln

    навредитьnavreditʹ, повредитьpovreditʹ

    treat unjustly; do wrong to

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

    jmd. Unrecht antun

    пренебречьprenebrečʹ

  3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

    verunglimpfen, verleumden, ins schlechte Licht setzen

    клеветатьklevetatʹ, оклеветатьoklevetatʹ

Examples

7553 sentences

  1. I feel that something is wrong.

    У мене таке відчуття, що щось не так. — deniko

    ruЯ чувствую, что что-то не то. — corvard

    deIch spüre, dass etwas nicht stimmt. — Zaghawa

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  2. Something was wrong with the watch.

    Щось було не так із годинником. — deniko

    ruС часами было что-то не так. — Hellerick

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  3. Something is wrong with the engine.

    Із двигуном щось не так. — deniko

    ruЧто-то не так с двигателем. — marafon

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  4. That is where you are wrong.

    Саме в цьому ти помиляєшся. — shanghainese

    ruВот где ты ошибаешься. — Hellerick

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  5. What you were taught is wrong.

    Те, чого тебе навчили, неправильне. — aandrusiak

    ruТо, чему тебя учили, неправильно. — marafon

    deDas, was man dich lehrte, ist falsch. — Manfredo

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to treat unjustly:
to deprive of a right:
to slander or impute evil:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to treat unjustly:
to deprive of a right:
to slander or impute evil:

Origin

From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Nor

From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, vrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Norwegian Nynorsk rang (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the first element in the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring.

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Forms

wrongs, wronging, wronged, wronged
Base formwrong · to wrong
3rd person singularwrongs
Present participlewronging
Past simplewronged
Past participlewronged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywrong
he, she, itwrongs

Past simpleLesson

all personswronged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wronged
he, she, ithas wronged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wrong

Synonyms

63 synonyms
blameA2blazeB2blurB2cloudA1detractC2dirtyA1discreditB2disgraceB2disparageC2foulB2muddyB2reproachC2revileC2scandalB2

Antonyms

1 antonyms
right

Word family

17 related words
DerivedwronglyB2awrongcivil wronggo wrongself-wrongwrongdoingwrongerwrong-footwrongfulwrongfullywrongheadwronglesswrongnesswrong numberwrongouswrong-timedwrong-way concurrency

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • worse worse
  • getting worse worse
  • worse worse than
  • something was wrong
  • is worse worse
  • the wrong way
  • nothing wrong with
  • nothing wrong
  • anything wrong
  • something wrong
  • there's nothing wrong
  • any worse worse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
writerA1writhewritingA2wrongdoerwrongdoingwrongfulwrongfully
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