wrongs 1 of 2

noun

Definition of wrongsnext
plural of wrong
1
as in evils
that which is morally unacceptable any reasonable person should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong

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2
as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this trying to right all the wrongs in the world

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wrongs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wrong
as in harms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
  1. evils
  2. injustices
  3. harms
  4. bad
Noun
  • Great heroes must rise to drive back the ancient evils that roam this land.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Digesting slavery’s evils daily Americans became a people by arguing politics in the press.
    Jon Grinspan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of evils
Noun
  • Where once oppression grew and proliferated under the horrors and injustices of slavery, where once the state of North Carolina literally dumped poison on the land, today Oakley Grove plantation is fertile with a new sustainable crop—hope.
    Longreads, Longreads, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Elwood’s wrongful detention is only the first of the Job-like litany of injustices heaped upon him.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of injustices
Verb
  • By promoting healthy digital habits, schools and families can work together to ensure social media augments rather than harms their children’s lives.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • This not only harms brands but also wastes resources in the pursuit of hollow metrics.
    Flavio Vidigal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of harms
Noun
  • Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.
    Austin Mock, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The revenue could come from taxes on bads (pollution, for example) or on rents (including land and, above all, intellectual property).
    Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
Definition of bad
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