Collocations for "wronged"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wronged" in context.
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wrong
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the wrong [answer, information]
- have the wrong [number, address, idea]
- get the wrong [impression, idea]
- take a wrong turn
- take the wrong exit
- [go, take it] the wrong way
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- is [something, anything] wrong?
- nothing is wrong
- was the wrong [color, size, style, way, direction, time]
- (get it) the wrong way round
- are [dead, completely, simply] wrong
- is [morally, ethically] wrong
- was [proven, considered] wrong
- (it) is wrong for [me, my style, the occasion]
- [told, informed] me that I was wrong
- I guess I was wrong (about)
- was wrong to [say, think, assume]
- what is wrong with [you, the government, your child]
- [historical, political, social, judicial] wrongs
- the wrongs [endured, suffered]
- wrongs [represented, constituted] an offense
- two wrongs don't make a right
- teach [children, students] right from wrong
- try to right a wrong
- [atoned, made up for] a wrong
- he was in the wrong
- a [series, history, plethora] of wrongs
- [everything, it] went wrong
- got that [question, answer, part] wrong
- you've got it (all) wrong
- [where, when] did I go wrong?
- wronged [his family, the government, the company]
- wronged me when he [stole, hid, deceived]
- you wrong me (by suggesting)
- wronged and harmed me
- was wronged by the [crooks, government, court]
- the wrong [answer, information]
- wronged [his family, the government, the company]
- [historical, political, social, judicial] wrongs
- have the wrong [number, address, idea]
- wronged me when he [stole, hid, deceived]
- the wrongs [endured, suffered]
- get the wrong [impression, idea]
- you wrong me (by suggesting)
- wrongs [represented, constituted] an offense
- take a wrong turn
- wronged and harmed me
- two wrongs don't make a right
- was wronged by the [crooks, government, court]
- teach [children, students] right from wrong
- take the wrong exit
- [go, take it] the wrong way
- try to right a wrong
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- [atoned, made up for] a wrong
- is [something, anything] wrong?
- he was in the wrong
- a [series, history, plethora] of wrongs
- nothing is wrong
- [everything, it] went wrong
- was the wrong [color, size, style, way, direction, time]
- got that [question, answer, part] wrong
- you've got it (all) wrong
- (get it) the wrong way round
- (whether) right or wrong
- are [dead, completely, simply] wrong
- is [morally, ethically] wrong
- was [proven, considered] wrong
- (it) is wrong for [me, my style, the occasion]
- [told, informed] me that I was wrong
- I guess I was wrong (about)
- was wrong to [say, think, assume]
- what is wrong with [you, the government, your child]
- [where, when] did I go wrong?
'wronged' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):