wrong

The opposite of right is wrong. Use this word when there is an error, a mistake, a misjudgment, a moral failing, or someone just screwed up.

• Your answer is wrong.
• That’s wrong.
• It’s not right. It’s wrong.
• Antonio got ten wrong on the test.
• Do you know how to fix what’s wrong?
• We were all wrong about Roger. He’s actually a good guy.
• You were wrong to do that.
• What’s happening to the people of Syria is wrong.
• Do those people know the difference between right and wrong?
• I made a wrong turn and got lost.
• You’re in the wrong seat. You should be sitting over there.
• This is the wrong location.
• He picked the wrong person to mess around with.
• Janice hangs around the wrong people. (bad people)
• Joe got up on the wrong side of the bed today. (This is an expression. It means that his day got off to a bad start and he’s in a bad mood.)
• Two wrongs don’t make a right. (This is an expression. It means that you can’t correct a situation that’s wrong by doing something that is equally wrong.)

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August 25, 2015