wronged

[ rawngd, rongd ]

/ rɔŋd, rɒŋd /

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treated unfairly or unjustly: the wronged party in the dispute.

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Origin of wronged

First recorded in 1540–50; wrong + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM wronged

un·wronged, adjective

Words nearby wronged

wrnt., Wrocław, wrong, wrongdoer, wrongdoing, wronged, wrong font, wrong-foot, wrong fount, wrongful, wrongful death

How to use wronged in a sentence

We urge Congress to act swiftly to restore and strengthen the powers of the agency so we can make wronged consumers whole.
Supreme Court kills FTC’s “strongest tool” for getting refunds to scam victims|Jon Brodkin|April 23, 2021|Ars Technica
If the allegations are false, Cosby has been grievously wronged with his reputation forever tainted.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How can we have wronged Mexico, he asks, if “many people in Mexico today wish the United States had kept all of Mexico?”
In Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘America,’ Slavery Wasn’t So Bad, but Hillary and Barack Are Socialist Devils|Andrew Romano|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I want to bring those who have wronged me to justice,” said the Viper to Tyrion in the previous episode.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Mountain and the Viper’ Recap: Trial by Combat and Inigo Montoya’s Revenge|Marlow Stern|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the letter, Bo claimed that he was wronged and “the truth will come out one day.”
The End of Bo|Wenguang Huang, Pin Ho|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“We forgive them,” Fariba replied, explaining that they believed in compassion for all humanity, even for those who wronged them.
Silenced in Iran: The Plight of Bahai Prisoners of Conscience|Roxana Saberi|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, if the insured has been wronged, the courts furnish relief, and perhaps may set the policy aside.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
If A writes a libel, and B prints it and C publishes it, the person wronged may sue all jointly, or either one of them separately.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
My poor son would have been despoiled and wronged like the king, my husband, and I should have been the cause of it.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
But I am so thoroughly Byronian, so deeply convinced that he has been wronged by everybody, that my impression cannot be trusted.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
An agony of shame rushed over the wronged, insulted, humiliated beauty.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade