OTHER WORDS FOR wrong
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Idioms about wrong
Origin of wrong
before 1100; (adj.) Middle English wrong, wrang,Old English wrang, perhaps <Old Danish wrang; compare Danish vrang wrong, Old Norse rangr awry; (v. and adv.) Middle English, derivative of the adj.; (noun) Middle English; Old English wrang, derivative of the adj.; akin to wring
OTHER WORDS FROM wrong
wronger, nounwrongly, adverbwrongness, nounquasi-wrong, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wrong
wrong , wrongfulWords nearby wrong
written, Written Law, W.R.N.S., wrnt., Wrocław, wrong, wrongdoer, wrongdoing, wronged, wrong font, wrong-foot
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British Dictionary definitions for wrong
Derived forms of wrong
wronger, nounwrongly, adverbwrongness, nounWord Origin for wrong
Old English wrang injustice, from Old Norse vrang; see wring
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Other Idioms and Phrases with wrong
wrong
see back the wrong horse; bark up the wrong tree; do someone wrong; get someone wrong; get up on the wrong side of bed; go wrong; in the wrong; on the right (wrong) foot; on the right (wrong) tack; right (wrong) side of the tracks; rub the wrong way; take the wrong way; two wrongs do not make a right.
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