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in the wrong

ADJECTIVE
at fault
Synonyms
WEAK
blameworthy culpable erring guilty in error liable on one's head responsible to blame wrong
ADJECTIVE
culpable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
guilty impeachable liable reprehensible responsible
WEAK
amiss answerable at fault blamable blameful blameworthy caught caught in the act caught red-handed censurable demeritorious dirty found wanting hung up indictable off base out of line punishable sinful smoking gun to blame unholy wrong
Antonyms
STRONGEST
immune irresponsible
WEAK
blameless inculpable innocent not guilty right
ADJECTIVE
guilty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
convicted culpable liable remorseful responsible sorry wrong
WEAK
accusable caught censurable censured chargeable condemned conscience-stricken contrite convictable criminal damned delinquent depraved doomed erring evil felonious hangdog impeached in error incriminated iniquitous judged licentious offending on one's head out of line proscribed regretful reprehensible rueful sentenced sheepish sinful wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
good immune irresponsible right
WEAK
guiltless innocent moral sinless truthful

Example Sentences

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Although still low, it is moving in the wrong direction.

From The Wall Street Journal

It's understandable that sections of the fans have turned on him - he seems like a good man in the wrong movie, which makes this crash in slow motion all the harder to observe - but what of the people who appointed him?

From BBC

Others insisted Salah was in the wrong for airing his grievances in public.

From BBC

Some dishes are forever trapped in the wrong season, and the blueberry muffin has long been one of them for me; an eternal July snack slathered in nostalgia and sunshine.

From Salon

"For him it was simply a catastrophic case of being in the wrong place and at the wrong time," Mark Harrison, the general manager of Randwick Rugby Club, wrote on its website.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.