wrong

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 *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.

adj

1. Incorrect or untrue.
   Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
   In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […] 2015-12-26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions', Lulu.com, page 143
2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
   You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
3. Immoral, not good, bad.
   It is wrong to lie.
   Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this! 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Council Chambers, Citadel
4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
   A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
5. Not working; out of order.
   Something is wrong with my cellphone.
   Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.
6. Designed to be worn or placed inward
   the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth
7. (obsolete) Twisted; wry.
   a wrong nose

adv

1. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
   I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
   You're doing it all wrong!
   Then, just as I was, I walked out of the house and went to the recruiting-office, stating my age wrong. 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 131

noun

1. Something that is immoral or not good.
   Injustice is a heinous wrong.
2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
   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
3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.

verb

1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
   The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.