Wrong

Part of speech: adjective, noun, adverb

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒŋ/

Definitions

1. Not correct, mistaken, or in accordance with what is proper or suitable
2. Incorrect, immoral, or unsuitable behavior or thought that deviates from accepted norms or accuracy
3. Not in agreement with the truth or facts ; behaving in a way that is unjust or unethical

Etymology: The core idea of "wrong" is physical twisting. Its ancestor, Proto-Germanic "wrangaz", meant "crooked, twisted, turned awry", and it grew from an older Indo-European root meaning "to twist, weave, tie together", the same family that gives English "wring". A bent stick or a twisted rope was "wrong" long before anything could be wrong in the modern sense of mistaken or untrue. The word came into Old English as "wrang", and Old Norse "rangr" and "vrangr", meaning "crooked" or "wrong", reinforced its sense through Viking-age contact in northern England. The Middle English form "wrong" then carried the same double meaning of bent and mistaken, a sense that moved from the physical to the moral and factual over time. The word has relatives across the North Sea. Danish "vrang" and Swedish "vrång" still mean crooked or distorted, while Dutch "wrang" means bitter or sour, a sense that shows how a twisted taste can also be "wrong". Scots "wrang" keeps the English sense alive in another dialect.

Synonyms: incorrect, mistaken, faulty, improper, unjust

Antonyms: right, correct, just, proper, true