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1. wrong n.(1)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Naut. A floor timber of a ship; ?also, one of the ribs of a ship’s hull (b) in combs.: wrong nail, q.v.; wrong rop, a line or cable used to secure the floor timbers or perh. the ribs of a ship’s…

2. wringen v.

143 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To twist and squeeze (a wet sponge, garment, fleece, etc.) so as to express the liquid from it, wring; also, in hyperbole: wring dry (a sweaty horse); wringen oute (b) to press (fruit, herbs, raw…

3. wrong adj.

103 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Contrary to what is morally right, wicked, sinful; wrong peril, Fig. a morally or spiritually entangling danger (b) of persons: given to vice, depraved; also, as noun: sinners, the wicked [2nd…

4. wrong n.(2)

173 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) That which is morally wrong, wickedness or evil in the abstract; also person. (b) sinfulness as an attribute of persons; viciousness, inclination to bad behavior; also, culpability, fault,…

5. wrong-wīs(e adj.

Additional spellings: wrongwis, wrong-wise, wrongwise
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Contrary to what is morally right, sinful; of a person: given to sin, wicked, unrighteous; also, as noun: sinners, malefactors [1st quot.] (b) contrary to what is just, not in accordance with…