(a) Contrary to what is morally right, wicked, sinful; ~ peril, Fig. a morally or spiritually entangling danger; (b) of persons: given to vice, depraved; also, as noun: sinners, the wicked [2nd quot., 2nd occurrence].

(a) Contrary to what is just, not in accordance with justice; indefensible on legal grounds, unjustified, wrongful; also, contrary to what is licit or lawful, illegal; accomplished or acquired by unjust, unethical, or illegitimate means; (b) of a monarch, an heir: not having a legitimate claim; (c) of a person: inclined to act unjustly, displaying injustice; unfair, dishonest.

(a) Contrary to approved practice or conduct, ill-advised, injudicious; imprudently or badly done; also, not in accordance with suitable behavior, inappropriate; (b) of a person, the will: tending to act inappropriately or perversely, contrary; also, imprudent [1st quot.]; (c) of one of a pair or set of items, entities, notions, etc.: less desirable, less suitable, less apt; also, glossing L sinister: left; ~ half, the inside surface (of a glove); ~ halved, q.v.; ~ to, opposed to (sth.), contrary or inimical to.

Not in accordance with or contrary to fact, reality, objective or accepted truth, etc., inaccurate, mistaken; ill-informed, logically flawed; also, of a dream: illusory.

(a) Deviating from the straight, crooked, bent, curved; of a bird’s bill: hooked; of someone’s nose or teeth: imperfect in shape or alignment, crooked, malformed; of a person: bent, deformed [quot. c1450]; (b) deviating from an intended or a proper course; also, in fig. context: departing from the proper way of thinking [1st quot.]; (c) deviating from the proper shape; (d) out of order, disordered; also, amiss.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.278].