wrongness
State of error
Wrongness is the quality of being wrong—incorrect, mistaken, or morally objectionable.
The word applies across domains: the wrongness of an answer, the wrongness of a decision, the moral wrongness of cruelty.
Sometimes wrongness describes something that simply feels off: There was a wrongness about the empty house that made her uneasy.
Violation of divine law
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- transgressionViolation of law or code
misdeed · unethical · vice · corruption · depravity · iniquity · malevolence · turpitude
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- slipMinor error or misstep
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- miscalculationError in estimation
typo · misprint · glitch · bug · fault · defect · discrepancy · inconsistency
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- regretSorrow over past actions
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
self-reproach · compunction · conscience · culpability · self-blame · repentance · confession · atonement
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
bias · victimization · exploitation · disparity · grievance · violation · persecution · marginalization
Departure from the expected
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
peculiarity · eccentricity · nonconformity · divergence · outlier · unconventionality · malformation · distortion
sin
Violation of divine law
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
transgression · misdeed · unethical · vice · corruption · depravity · iniquity · malevolence · turpitude · reprehensible
mistake
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- slipMinor error or misstep
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
miscalculation · typo · misprint · glitch · bug · fault · defect · discrepancy · inconsistency · misstep
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- regretSorrow over past actions
penitence · self-reproach · compunction · conscience · culpability · self-blame · repentance · confession · atonement · guilt-ridden
unfairness
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
prejudice · bias · victimization · exploitation · disparity · grievance · violation · persecution · marginalization · disenfranchisement
anomaly
Departure from the expected
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
oddity · peculiarity · eccentricity · nonconformity · divergence · outlier · unconventionality · malformation · distortion · deformity
deception
Intentional misleading of others
fabrication · falsity · untruth · swindle · scam · forgery · hoax · sham · trickery · duplicity
- creepy feelingseeriness, spookiness, creepiness, dread, foreboding
- wickednessevil, evilness, wickedness, villainy, malice
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
- suspiciondistrust, suspicion, mistrust, suspiciousness, doubt
- Unsuitabilityinappropriateness, unfitness, mismatch, impropriety, incongruity
wrongnessrightness
State of being correct
righteousness · goodness · virtue · morality · rectitude
wrongnessrightness
State of being correct
appropriateness · suitability · fitness · fittingness · aptness
wrong, wrongly, wrongs, wronged, wrongdoing, wrongful, wrongdoer, wronger, wrongfulness