wrang

/ (ræŋ) /

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

a Scot word for wrong

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Words nearby wrang

wrack, wrackful, wraf, wraith, wran, wrang, wrangel, wrangel island, wrangell, wrangell mountains, wrangell-st. elias national park

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Example sentences from the Web for wrang

I dinna argy that it is wrang to trust in Heaven—only, gin we dinna use the means, Heavens no obliged to work miracles for us.
The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. II (of 2)|James Hogg
They cost siller, father, and Ill no wrang Betty Bodle for ony sic outlay on her auld yirden garment.
The Entail|John Galt
From our vera knees we maun rise in haste, and say to brother or sister, 'I've done ye this or that wrang: forgie me.'
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald
The young lady wasna my cousin at a'—she had come to the wrang shop.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III|Various

I'm dootin' I've been wrang; mebbe I was 'righteous over-much.'
St. Cuthbert's|Robert E. Knowles