BAD vs WRONG: NOUN
- That which is bad. A bad condition: as, to go to the bad (see below). A bad thing: as, there are bads and goods among them.
- Preterit of bid.
- That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error.
- Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
- Synonyms and Sin, Iniquity, etc. See crime.
- To suffer the infliction of wrong; have wrong treatment.
- A state of being wrrong or of acting wrongly; an erroneous or unjust view, attitude, or procedure in regard to anything: chiefly in the phrase in the wrong.
- Harm or evil inflicted; damage or detriment suffered; an injury, mischief, hurt, or pain imparted or received: as, to do one a wrong.
- Wrong action or conduct; anything done contrary to right or justice; a violation of law, obligation, or propriety; in law, an invasion of right, to the damage of another person; a tort: as, to do or commit wrong, or a wrong.
- That which is wrong, amiss, or erroneous; the opposite of right, or of propriety, truth, justice, or goodness; wrongfulness; error; evil.
- A tort.
- An invasion or a violation of another's legal rights.
- The condition of being in error or at fault.
- That which is unjust, immoral, or improper.
- An unjust, injurious, or immoral act.
- That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- A legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
BAD vs WRONG: ADJECTIVE
- Malodorous, foul.
- Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Evil; wicked.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
- Not good; unfavorable; negative.
- This sense?) (slang) Fantastic.
- Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good.
- Very good; great.
- Sorry; regretful.
- Being in poor condition; diseased.
- Being in poor health or in pain.
- Severe; intense.
- Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss.
- Having no validity; void.
- Full of or exhibiting faults or errors.
- Not working properly; defective.
- Injurious in effect; detrimental.
- Not fresh; rotten or spoiled.
- Unfavorable.
- Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing.
- Disobedient or naughty.
- Vulgar or obscene.
- Immoral or evil.
- Not achieving an adequate standard; poor.
- Physically unsound or diseased
- Capable of harming
- Keenly sorry or regretful
- Characterized by wickedness or immorality
- Having undesirable or negative qualities
- Reproduced fraudulently
- Not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- Not capable of being collected
- Below average in quality or performance
- Nonstandard
- Not financially safe or secure
- Very intense
- Designating the side, as of a garment, that is less finished and not intended to show.
- Not functioning properly; amiss.
- Not fitting or suitable; inappropriate or improper.
- Not required, intended, or wanted.
- Unfair; unjust.
- Contrary to conscience, morality, or law.
- Not in conformity with fact or truth; incorrect or erroneous.
- Badly timed
- Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- Not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable
- Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- Not according with the facts
- Based on or acting or judging in error
- Contrary to conscience or morality or law
- Not in accord with established usage or procedure
- Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
BAD vs WRONG: VERB
- To shell (a walnut).
- Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
- Treat unjustly; do wrong to
BAD vs WRONG: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To impute evil to unjustly.
- To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
- To discredit unjustly; malign.
- To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.
BAD vs WRONG: ADVERB
- Badly.
- With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- Very much; strongly
- In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
- Immorally or unjustly.
- In a wrong course or direction.
- In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously.
- In an incorrect manner
BAD vs WRONG: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Strongly
- Very much
- Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- Serious or severe
- [Bad is the ordinary antithesis of good, in all its senses, whether positively, ‘evil,’ ‘harmful,’ or negatively, ‘not good,’ ‘not satisfactory,’ and whether substantively, ‘being evil,’ or causally, ‘causing harm.’ The senses run into one another, the precise application being determined by the context.]
- Unfavorable; unfortunate: as, bad news; bad success.
- Not valid; not sound: as, a bad claim; a bad plea.
- Incorrect; faulty: as, a bad aim; bad English; a bad pronunciation.
- Not good; defective; worthless; poor; of no value: as, bad coin; bad debts; a bad soil; a bad crop; a bad piece of work; bad health.
- Ill; in ill health; sick; in unsound condition: as, to feel bad; to be bad with rheumatism; a bad hand or leg.
- Hurtful; noxious; having an injurious or unfavorable tendency or effect: with for: as, bad air or bad food; late hours are bad for the health; this step would be bad for your reputation or prospects.
- Offensive; disagreeable; troublesome; painful; grievous: as, bad treatment; a bad temper; it is too bad that you had to wait so long.
- Evil; ill; vicious; wicked; depraved: applied to persons, conduct, character, influence, etc.: as, a bad man; bad conduct; a bad life; a bad heart; bad influence, etc.
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used in response to a protest or complaint to express insistence that the speaker's expectation be met.
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used to express sadness or sympathy.
- (idiom) (half/so) Reasonably good.
- (idiom) (my bad) Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.
- (idiom) (in bad) In trouble or disfavor.
- (imperative) Bade.
- In an inaccurate manner
- The wrong side of the road"
- Characterized by errors
- Not correct
- Do wrong to
- Treat unjustly
- Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- Not functioning properly
- Imp. of wring. Wrung.
- Incorrect, faulty.
- Immoral, inequitable, unfair.
- Synonyms Unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite.
- Wrong is in all senses the opposite and correlative of right.
- In a state of misconception or error; not correct in action, belief, assertion, or the like; mistaken; in error.
- Deviating from that which is correct, proper, or suitable; not according to intention, requirement, purpose, or desire: as, the wrong side of a piece of cloth (the side to be turned inward).
- Deviating from right or truth; not correct or justifiable in fact or morals; erroneous; perverse: as, wrong ideas; wrong courses.
- Not right in state, adjustment, or the like; not in order; disordered; perverse; being awry or amiss.
- Crooked; twisted; wry.
- To be in the wrong in regard to; view or consider wrongly; give an erroneous seeming to; put in the wrong, or in a false light.
- To be the cause of wrong or harm to; affect injuriously; be hurtful to; in an old nautical use, to take the wind from the sails of, as a ship in line with another to windward.
- To do wrong to; treat unfairly, unjustly, or harmfully; do or say something injurious or offensive to; injure; harm; oppress; offend.
- In a wrong manner; not rightly; erroneously; incorrectly; amiss; ill.
- (idiom) (go wrong) To behave immorally after a period of innocence or moral behavior.
- (idiom) (go wrong) To make a mistake or mistakes.
- (idiom) (go wrong) To go amiss; turn out badly.
- (idiom) (do (someone) wrong) To be unfaithful or disloyal.
BAD vs WRONG: RELATED WORDS
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
- Unethical, Reprehensible, False, Immoral, Mis, Inaccurate, Untrue, Misguided, Mistaken, Wrongheaded, Awry, Erroneous, Haywire, Amiss, Incorrect
BAD vs WRONG: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
- Unethical, Reprehensible, False, Immoral, Mis, Inaccurate, Untrue, Misguided, Mistaken, Wrongheaded, Awry, Erroneous, Haywire, Amiss, Incorrect
BAD vs WRONG: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Office Bad Check Restitution Program to assist local merchants with bad check losses.
- Goto is not bad, its how people use them that can be bad.
- These few bad actors are going to give us a bad name.
- Unbelievably bad service and bad faith demonstrated over a fraudulent charge.
- OK to put pictures on your resume is BAD, very bad.
- My view is that bad managers create bad employees.
- City Furniture for bad service, bad furniture, bad attention.
- It is bad for the user experience, bad for SEO, and bad for developers who have to maintain pages.
- Mere negligence or bad judgment is insufficient for a finding of bad faith, at least under the bad faith statute.
- Bad things happen in every society, and bad people often get away with doing bad things.
- Okay for me to say that if your gut tells you something is wrong, something is probably wrong.
- If a war is wrong, as Vietnam was, it our government that is wrong not our servicemen!
- If you have decided to write it, remember, there are no wrong reasons only wrong ways of expressing those reasons.
- Right is right, even if no one is right, and wrong is wrong, even when everyone is wrong.
- Servas is also wrong and her receipt is of course, wrong.
- His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- She further claims that the wrong type of mesh was used in the wrong way.
- Often really fighting against an authority or mainstream that did not recognize their wrong as being wrong.
- It also sends a wrong message to our troops at exactly the wrong time.
- Mostly they talk about the wrong things with the wrong facts and with wrong assumptions.
BAD vs WRONG: QUESTIONS
- Was target hiding bad news from vulnerable customers?
- Are exclamation marks bad in professional environments?
- Does overthinking prevent bad things from happening?
- Is polyethylene terephthalate bad for the environment?
- Are Bad Bunny and Gabriela from 'Bad Bunny' engaged?
- Is Bad Moon's transformation scene in American Werewolf in London bad?
- Is it easier to leave a bad spouse than a bad neighbor?
- How to prevent bad smell or bad taste from a new Kettle?
- Are bad debts still bad when you use cash accounting principles?
- Is Seven Samurai better than the Good Bad Bad and ugly?
- Can wearing the wrong prescription cause headaches?
- Is there anything wrong with complimentary tickets?
- Are You making wrong-patient identification mistakes?
- Can Providence basketball prove the naysayers wrong?
- What's wrong with ERR_redefinition_loop_control 3075?
- What is wrong with Dispensational premillennialism?
- What's wrong with the cover of the song the world is so wrong?
- What are some examples of the wrong person in the wrong place?
- Does wrong cease to be wrong when the majority share in it?
- Why are wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient errors considered never events?