⚖️ Not moral 🔧 Not working ❌ Not correct ⏰ Not suitable ⚠️ An injustice 🧵 Inside of cloth 🤦 To treat unfairly 🚫 Incorrectly

wrong

55 7.4

The part of clothing that should face your body and not show

adjective
/rɔŋ/

Jargon

: revés

She noticed that she had accidentally stitched the hem on the wrong side of the cloth.
the wrong side

Examples

So I've drawn my garment here on the wrong side.
"No," said Oscar solemnly, "you are holding your muff on the wrong side."

Fiction book (1995)
So in problem I used the wrong side two.
Wow, I was looking at it from the wrong side.
Let's pretend this is the wrong side of the paper.
You chose the wrong side, ese.

Bound by Honor (1993)
When sewing a dress, be sure to check that you are working with the wrong side of the fabric.
The instructions said to fold the material with the wrong side facing out.

Synonyms

wrong-side-out

vswrong

7.5

The inside of clothing shows on the outside

refers to the side meant to face inward and not be seen

Antonyms

right

Specialized

95 1.5

The side of cloth meant to be seen

Idioms

something is wrong

378 1.3

There is a problem with a situation, person, or thing

the wrong hands

19 6.4

People who cannot be trusted to use something safely

to fall into the wrong hands

17 6.3

To become available to people who might use it to harm others

wrong place at the wrong time

16 7.5

To be in a place where trouble happens by chance

to bark up the wrong tree

Informal

15 6.5

To be wrong about who or what caused something

wrong side of history

Literature

5 8.3

To support views future people will judge as morally wrong

wrong side of the bed

Informal

2 7.3

A time when someone is in a bad mood for no clear reason

not even wrong

Formal

1 9.9

So flawed and unclear that people cannot decide if it is true or false

wrong turn at Albuquerque

Informal

1 9.9

A big mistake that changes your plans or life

wrong side out

1 4.9

The inside of clothing shows on the outside

wrong end of the telescope

Informal

9.4

A way of looking at a situation that makes small details seem more important than the big picture

Compounds

wrong number

38 2.0

A phone number you call by mistake

wrong crowd

Informal

9 5.1

People who make someone behave badly or get in trouble

sense of right and wrong

7 3.8

An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions

wrong order

1 2.3

A food or drink brought to you by mistake instead of what you ordered

civil wrong

Specialized

1 8.1

An action or not doing something that harms another person and can lead to a lawsuit for money

Mister Wrong

Informal

7.9

A man who is a bad choice for a relationship

wrong-side-out

7.5

The inside of clothing shows on the outside

wrong-site surgery

Specialized

7.4

An operation done on the wrong part of the body

wrong 'un

Jargon

9.9

A ball bowled to look like a leg break but that turns the other way

wrong 'un

Offensive

9.9

A person you cannot trust who often lies or steals

Surface Forms

wrong positive

wronger comparative

wrongest superlative

Etymology

Wrong originally meant 'not straight' or 'inside out', related to the idea in wring ('to twist'), and this led to the phrase 'wrong side' for the side meant to be hidden. So wearing clothing the wrong side out is not the 'right' way to wear it.