wronged

[ rawngd, rongd ]
/ rɔŋd, rɒŋd /

adjective

treated unfairly or unjustly: the wronged party in the dispute.

Origin of wronged

First recorded in 1540–50; wrong + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM wronged

un·wronged, adjective

Definition for wronged (2 of 2)

Origin of wrong

before 1100; (adj.) Middle English wrong, wrang, Old English wrang, perhaps < Old Danish wrang; compare Danish vrang wrong, Old Norse rangr awry; (v. and adv.) Middle English, derivative of the adj.; (noun) Middle English; Old English wrang, derivative of the adj.; akin to wring

OTHER WORDS FROM wrong

wrong·er, noun wrong·ly, adverb wrong·ness, noun qua·si-wrong, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wrong

wrong wrongful

Example sentences from the Web for wronged

British Dictionary definitions for wronged

Derived forms of wrong

wronger, noun wrongly, adverb wrongness, noun

Word Origin for wrong

Old English wrang injustice, from Old Norse vrang; see wring

Idioms and Phrases with wronged

wrong

see back the wrong horse; bark up the wrong tree; do someone wrong; get someone wrong; get up on the wrong side of bed; go wrong; in the wrong; on the right (wrong) foot; on the right (wrong) tack; right (wrong) side of the tracks; rub the wrong way; take the wrong way; two wrongs do not make a right.