"wrongful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɒŋfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wrongful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more wrongful [comparative], most wrongful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wrongful, equivalent to wrong + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrongful}} Middle English wrongful, {{suffix|en|wrong|ful|pos=adjective}} wrong + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} wrongful (comparative more wrongful, superlative most wrongful)
  1. wrong or unjust Translations (wrong or unjust): грешен (grešen) (Bulgarian), неверен (neveren) (Bulgarian), epäoikeudenmukainen (Finnish), oikeudeton (Finnish), injusto (Spanish), injustificado (Spanish), indebido (Spanish), torticero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wrongful-en-adj-2thLXPp5 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'wrong or unjust': 95 5
  2. unlawful or illegal Translations (unlawful): неправомерен (nepravomeren) (Bulgarian), oikeudeton (Finnish), culposo (Spanish), ilegal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wrongful-en-adj-UfAxz5dp Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 51 0 0 1 0 14 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ful: 38 57 0 0 0 0 6 Disambiguation of 'unlawful': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wrongful birth, wrongful death, wrongful death statute, wrongful dismissal

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwrɔnɡful/, [ˈwrɔŋɡful], /ˈrɔnɡful/ (note: later ME), [ˈrɔŋɡful] (note: later ME)
Etymology: From wrong + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|wrong|-ful}} wrong + -ful Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} wrongful
  1. evil, sinful
    Sense id: en-wrongful-enm-adv-5tqL4goF
  2. wrongful, unethical
    Sense id: en-wrongful-enm-adv-FRwKkyw-
  3. dishonest
    Sense id: en-wrongful-enm-adv-NzTyBLZm
  4. harmful, hurtful
    Sense id: en-wrongful-enm-adv-a3BSKhwR
  5. wrong, incorrect
    Sense id: en-wrongful-enm-adv-IUyzQq6q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wrongfulle, wrongfol, wrongfull

Download JSON data for wrongful meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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