"wrongdo" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wrongdoes [present, singular, third-person], wrongdoing [participle, present], wrongdid [past], wrongdone [participle, past]
Etymology: wrong + do Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wrong|do}} wrong + do Head templates: {{en-verb|wrongdoes|wrongdoing|wrongdid|wrongdone}} wrongdo (third-person singular simple present wrongdoes, present participle wrongdoing, simple past wrongdid, past participle wrongdone)
  1. To do something wrong; to break a rule or offend. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wrongdo-en-verb-goQY7uYH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wrongdo meaning in English (1.9kB)

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