 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wrongful
adjective
1: having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to
the throne" [syn: {unlawful}]
2: unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death";
"a wrongful diversion of trust income"
3: not just or fair; "a wrongful act"; "a wrongful charge"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wrongful \Wrong"ful\, adjective
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful
taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- {Wrong"ful*ly}, adverb
-- {Wrong"ful*ness}, noun
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrongful":
aberrant, abnormal, abominable, actionable, against the law,
anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, atrocious, black-market, bootleg,
chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, delinquent,
deviant, disgraceful, evil, felonious, flawed, hardly the thing,
ignominious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible,
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, inequitable,
infamous, iniquitous, irregular, justiciable, lawless,
nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, not done, not the thing,
off-base, off-color, out-of-line, outlaw, outlawed, punishable,
sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible,
triable, unallowed, unauthorized, unbalanced, unconstitutional,
under-the-counter, under-the-table, undeserved, undue, unequal,
unequitable, uneven, unfit, unfitting, unjust, unlawful, unmeet,
unmerited, unofficial, unrighteous, unrightful, unseemly,
unstatutory, unsuitable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wicked,
wrong
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