overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

wrongous.

Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.

    Scotland · UK · dialectal · especially
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wrongous, for earlier wrongwis, wrangwis, from Old English wrangwīs (“wrongous, rough, uneven”), equivalent to wrong + -ous (see also wrongwise). Cognate with Swedish vrångvis (“wrong, iniquitous”). See wrong, and compare righteous.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

wrongous has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

wrongous studiowrongous workshello, wrongous

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.