treat unjustly; do wrong to
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wrong

a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
<noun.act>

bosie

bosie ball

googly

wrong 'un

with the inside surface on the outside
<adj.all>   (p)   (p)

inside-out

wrong-side-out

a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
<noun.act>

wrong-site surgery

a person who transgresses moral or civil law
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

offender

wrongdoer

departure from what is ethically acceptable
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

error

wrongdoing

activity that transgresses moral or civil law
<noun.act>

actus reus

misconduct

wrongdoing

wrongful conduct

sample sentences

"he denied any wrongdoing"

not just or fair
<adj.all>

wrongful

sample sentences

"a wrongful act"
"a wrongful charge"

unlawfully violating the rights of others
<adj.all>

wrongful

sample sentences

"wrongful death"
"a wrongful diversion of trust income"

having no legally established claim
<adj.all>

unlawful

wrongful

sample sentences

"the wrongful heir to the throne"

activity that transgresses moral or civil law
<noun.act>

actus reus

misconduct

wrongdoing

wrongful conduct

sample sentences

"he denied any wrongdoing"

a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
<noun.event>

wrongful death

in an unjust or unfair manner
<adv.all>

wrongfully

sample sentences

"the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed"
"people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released"

that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

wrong

wrongfulness

sample sentences

"he feels that you are in the wrong"

obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion
<adj.all>

wrongheaded

sample sentences

"a wrongheaded policy"

in a wrongheaded manner
<adv.all>

wrongheadedly

in an inaccurate manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

incorrectly

wrong

wrongly

sample sentences

"he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"
"she guessed wrong"

without justice or fairness
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wrongly

sample sentences

"wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win"- Shakespeare

the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
<noun.attribute>

incorrectness

wrongness

contrary to conscience or morality
<noun.attribute>

wrongness

inappropriate conduct
<noun.attribute>

inappropriateness

wrongness

vehemently incensed and condemnatory
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

wrathful

wroth

wrothful

sample sentences

"they trembled before the wrathful queen"
"but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation"

vehemently incensed and condemnatory
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

wrathful

wroth

wrothful

sample sentences

"they trembled before the wrathful queen"
"but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation"

shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

molded

shaped

wrought

sample sentences

"a shaped handgrip"
"the molded steel plates"
"the wrought silver bracelet"

iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wrought iron

humorously sarcastic or mocking
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dry

ironic

ironical

wry

sample sentences

"dry humor"
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
"an ironic novel"
"an ironical smile"
"with a wry Scottish wit"

bent to one side
<adj.all>

wry

sample sentences

"a wry neck"

a disdainful grimace
<noun.communication>

moue

pout

wry face

in a wry manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

wryly

sample sentences

"`I see,' he commented wryly"

eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
<noun.animal>

Cryptacanthodes maculatus

ghostfish

wrymouth

Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
<noun.animal>

wryneck

an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
<noun.state>

torticollis

wryneck

a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore
<noun.substance>

wulfenite

a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
<noun.substance>

wurtzite

a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
<noun.person>

doormat

weakling

wuss

Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree
<noun.plant>

Ulmus glabra

witch elm

wych elm

lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant
<noun.artifact>

witch hazel

wych hazel

any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
<noun.plant>

witch hazel

witch hazel plant

wych hazel

wych hazel plant

any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
<noun.plant>

witch hazel

witch hazel plant

wych hazel

wych hazel plant