wrong

faux

Qui n’est pas correct ou ne correspond pas à la réalité.

En anglais simple : Not correct or true.

• Your answer is wrong.
• I wrote the wrong phone number.
• Could we be wrong about what happened?

Comment l'utiliser : wrong about something (I was wrong about the date.)

Synonymes : incorrect, mistaken, false

Contraires : right, correct

Expressions courantes : wrong answer, wrong number, be wrong

immoral

Mauvais parce qu’injuste, malhonnête ou nuisible aux autres.

En anglais simple : Bad because it is unfair, dishonest, or hurts people.

• Stealing is wrong.
• It was wrong to blame the child.
• Do you think it is wrong to keep the money?

Comment l'utiliser : wrong to do something (It is wrong to cheat.); wrong of someone to do something (It was wrong of him to lie to you.)

Synonymes : immoral, bad, unethical

Contraires : right

Expressions courantes : wrong to steal, morally wrong, wrong of someone, wrong to lie

inadapté

Qui ne convient pas à une personne, à un but ou à une situation donnée.

En anglais simple : Not suitable for a particular person, purpose, or situation.

• These shoes are the wrong size.
• We chose the wrong time to visit.
• That job was wrong for me.

Comment l'utiliser : wrong for someone/something (These shoes are wrong for hiking.)

Synonymes : unsuitable, inappropriate

Contraires : right, suitable

Expressions courantes : wrong choice, wrong size, wrong for someone

mal

D’une manière qui n’est pas correcte.

En anglais simple : In a way that is not correct.

• You spelled my name wrong.
• I think I heard you wrong.
• Have we been doing this wrong all along?

Synonymes : incorrectly, wrongly

Contraires : correctly, right

Expressions courantes : spell something wrong, get something wrong, do something wrong

injustice

Acte injuste ou nuisible commis envers quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : An unfair or harmful act against someone.

• We must put this wrong right.
• She never forgot the wrongs done to her.
• He tried to make up for past wrongs.

Comment l'utiliser : a wrong against someone (The court recognized the wrongs against the workers.)

Synonymes : injustice, misdeed

Expressions courantes : right a wrong, past wrong, wrong against someone

faire du tort à

Traiter quelqu’un injustement ou lui faire du mal.

En anglais simple : To treat someone unfairly or cause them harm.

• I believe he wronged me.
• She felt wronged by her closest friend.
• They apologized to the people they had wronged.

Comment l'utiliser : wrong someone (The company wronged its workers by refusing to pay them.)

Synonymes : mistreat, harm

Expressions courantes : wrong someone, wrong a friend, wrong a partner