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wrong-side-out

wrong-side-out

7.5
The inside of clothing shows on the outside
  • adjective
  • /rɔŋ saɪd aʊt/
translation icon : al revés
  • After putting on his shirt, he realized it was wrong-side-out, so he quickly turned it around.

Examples

  • He accidentally wore his jacket wrong-side-out and didn’t notice until he arrived at the party.

  • One of them simply turned his raincoat wrong-side-out and walked out of the compound.

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  • The sweater looked strange because it was wrong-side-out when she took it out of the drawer.

Synonyms

inside out
vswrong-side-out
13 2.2

With the inner side turned to the outside

is the same meaning but written with hyphens
inside-out
vswrong-side-out
3 3.0

With the inner side showing on the outside

is the same meaning but uses different base words with hyphens
wrong side out
vswrong-side-out
1 4.9

The inside of clothing shows on the outside

is the same meaning but written with hyphens

Antonyms

The outside of clothing or fabric faces outward

Surface Forms

wrong-side-out positive
wrong sides out positive

Morphology

wrong-side-out = wrong + side (transparent) = out + wrong + side

The phrase literally indicates that the (wrong) side is facing outward, a meaning easily derived from the component words. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Wrong-side-out is a simple, literal phrase made from wrong, side, and out, meaning the 'inside' is turned 'out'. So when a shirt is wrong-side-out, you can see the seam or inner fabric instead of the outside.