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wrong
English
Etymology
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 *wer?-, *wreng?- (“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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???/
- (General American) enPR: r?ng, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
wrong (comparative more wrong or wronger, superlative most wrong or wrongest)
- Incorrect or untrue.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene I:
- Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […]
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene I:
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Not working; out of order.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- (obsolete) Twisted; wry.
Usage notes
- The single-word comparative and superlative forms wronger and wrongest are no longer in common use, except humorously; rather, the locutions “more wrong” and “most wrong” are preferred.
- When wrong is used attributively, before a noun, the noun is usually treated as definite, using the article the; hence, for example, one says, “I dialed the wrong number”, “he gave the wrong answer”, and “she took the wrong approach”, even though there are many possible wrong numbers, answers, and approaches, of which only one was dialed, given, or taken.
Synonyms
- injurious
- unjust
- faulty
- detrimental
- unfit
- unsuitable
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Derived terms
Antonyms
- right
Translations
Quotations
- 2007 January 3, Ken Miller, “The Collapse of Intelligent Design: Will the next Monkey Trial be in Ohio?”, Case Western University, Strosacker Auditorium
- that statement is wrong. Now that's not an incidental statement, that is the heart and soul of the Intelligent Design argument, and in this case it turns out to be wrong. Now it's even wronger than that [laughter] because it turns out that not only do these proteins make up the Type-III Secretory Apparatus but almost every protein in the bacerial flagellum is strongly homologous to proteins that have other functions elsewhere in the cell.
Adverb
wrong (comparative more wrong, superlative most wrong)
- (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
Translations
Noun
wrong (plural wrongs)
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- 1597, John Dowland, The First Booke of Songes or Ayres, Part V
- Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?
- 1597, John Dowland, The First Booke of Songes or Ayres, Part V
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act IV, Scene I, line 101
- I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act IV, Scene I, line 101
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, line 28
- Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, line 28
Synonyms
- wrength
Derived terms
- in the wrong
Translations
Verb
wrong (third-person singular simple present wrongs, present participle wronging, simple past and past participle wronged)
- To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
- The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 109
- Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.
- To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, Scene I, line 121
- ... 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.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, Scene I, line 121
- To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II, line 121
- 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.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II, line 121
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- wronged
- wrung
Anagrams
- grown
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vr??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
wrong m (plural wrongen, diminutive wrongetje n)
- (heraldry) wreath, a ring made of two strips of cloth intertwined used on top of helmets to soften any blow
Verb
wrong
- singular past indicative of wringen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wrang, wronge, wronk, wornge, rong
Etymology
From Old English wrang; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wr?n?/, [wr???]
- (later ME) IPA(key): /r?n?/, [r???]
Noun
wrong (plural wronges)
- A wrong, injustice
- A (moral) wrong, evil, wrongdoing, sin
- injury, harm
- mistake, misstep
Descendants
- English: wrong
- Northumbrian: wrang
- Scots: wrang
References
- “wrong, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.
Adjective
wrong
- wicked, evil, (morally) wrong
- unjust, unfair, illegitimate
- unlawful, illegal
- inappropriate
- inaccurate, mistaken
- curved, crooked, bent
Related terms
- wrongful
- wrongfully
Descendants
- English: wrong
- Northumbrian: wrang
- Scots: wrang
References
- “wrong, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.
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starvation
English
Etymology
starve +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /st???ve???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st???ve???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: star?va?tion
Noun
starvation (countable and uncountable, plural starvations)
- A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- "We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie out here and die of thirst and starvation with a land of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (figuratively) Severe shortage of resources.
- 2002, Allan N. Packer, Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform (page 362)
- However, if the ASE application is paged out because of memory starvation, the entire process is blocked and no useful work can be done until the required pages are brought into memory.
- 2002, Allan N. Packer, Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform (page 362)
Translations
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