"dead wrong" meaning in English

See dead wrong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: dead-wrong [alternative], deadwrong [alternative]
Etymology: From dead being used as an intensifier. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead wrong (not comparable)
  1. utterly wrong. Tags: not-comparable Translations (emphatically wrong): kolrangur (Icelandic)

Alternative forms

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