Definitions

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  • adjective obsolete, humorous superlative form of wrong: most wrong.
  • verb obsolete Second person singular present form of wrong.

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Examples

  • I guess wrong/wronger/wrongest is like bush, running around accusing everyone else of wrong doing.

    Think Progress » Another Titanic Mistake 2005

  • The "wrongest" gag I can remember is in a Friz Freleng cartoon I think "Dr Jerkyl's Hyde", but I might be mistaken where a dog gets sliced into pieces and falls apart into a series of dog coloured cubes. hat really felt off.

    Cartoon Violence Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • Matthew Freeman conjectured that to develop a theater work in the "wrongest" way possible might be a liberating experience for artists and audiences alike.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2010

  • “I felt he was about the wrongest guy in the world for this particular movie,” he says.

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • Certainly, the President's dopey statements about the "Iraqi Army" fighting "terrorists" in Basra send the wrongest message imaginable.

    Today in Iraq, er, Iran - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion:

    Dave Johnson: Reaching The Wrongest Conclusion About Unions! 2010

  • A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion and demonstrates the core of the conservative ideological argument: All the benefits of our economy go to the top few at the expense of the rest of us.

    Dave Johnson: Reaching The Wrongest Conclusion About Unions! 2010

  • One of the most wonderful things about my job is that my editors give me the opportunity to right any of my wrongs, and right here, right now, I would like to right the wrongest wrong of my career.

    PAUL IS UNDEAD ALAN GOLDSHER 2010

  • When you hear someone complain about unions and complain that people in unions are paid better than the rest of us, let them know that they are reaching the wrongest conclusion.

    Dave Johnson: America Is Strong When Our Unions Are Strong 2010

  • A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion:

    Dave Johnson: Reaching The Wrongest Conclusion About Unions! 2010

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  • My niece tells me this is a word. She saw it in the "big dictionary" at school. I said that if something is wrong, it's wrong, period. There's no need for "wronger" or "wrongest." Was I wrong...?

    August 11, 2010

  • You were certainly wronger than your niece.

    August 11, 2010

  • Well, it's not, you know, the bestest word if you're looking for a superlative, but you can sure say "thou wrongest me" or call someone a wronger of rights (or something). (Check out wrongst and wrang. What fun!)

    August 11, 2010

  • The wrongest step of all is to be so eaten up with your own calamity as to be led into crime. The temple of your body is sacred; it was not yours to give, it is not yours to destroy.

    --Oliver Lodge, 1921, "The Ethics of Suicide", The Fortnightly 110: 597

    August 11, 2010

  • That's wrongissimo.

    August 11, 2010

  • You wrong, m'lord?

    August 11, 2010

  • That's the worsted one yet.

    August 11, 2010

  • OED has wronger but not wrongest. But it does have wrong-foot: "2. fig. To disconcert by an unexpected move; to catch unprepared."

    August 13, 2010

  • The Wiktionary entry for wrongest has the following:

    "Adjective

    wrongest

    (obsolete, humorous) Superlative form of wrong: most wrong.

    Verb

    wrongest

    (obsolete) Second person singular present form of wrong."

    If you go to Wordnik's page for wrongest, you'll see that although it has part of the Wiktionary definition, it lacks humor.

    August 13, 2010

  • I used to live on Wronge St. Does that help?

    August 13, 2010

  • Only if your last name is Hu, the cross street was First Avenue, and you lived a block away from Naomi Watts.

    August 13, 2010

  • This page is just all...what's the word?

    Wrong. That's it.

    August 14, 2010

  • I'm not using it. Except to refer to this page, of course. Because, if loving this page is wrongest, I don't want to be rightester.

    August 14, 2010

  • I'm with ya, dontcry. Reesetee's suggestion that this page is somehow wrong is the umbragest thing I've ever heard.

    August 14, 2010

  • It may be the wrongest decision I've ever made.

    -- Signed, Yours Umbragely

    August 14, 2010

  • *snort*

    August 14, 2010

  • Who put the wrong in the wrong-a-dong-a-ding-dang?

    August 15, 2010

  • Sorry, I had it wrong - it was "Hoo" on first, not "Hu." Thanks for pointing that out, Reesetee. (See muffinhood.)

    August 15, 2010

  • Aw, it was nuffin.

    August 15, 2010