wrang

/ (ræŋ) /

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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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How to use wrang in a sentence

If onything is wrang wi' your bairn when it is born I'll never forgi'e' mysel' for lettin' you look at this business at a'.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
It wad hae—been a' richt—in oor mind, if I had been married afore—afore it happened—but because we werena married—it was wrang.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Ye see what put him on the wrang scent was a notion 'at I had put it some gait.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
The men sat upon the ground in sullen despair; the women wailed and wrang their hands.
Out on the Pampas|G. A. Henty

What is there I wadna dee to clear him—that is, to ken him innocent o' ony wrang til her!
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald