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Wrongdoer: Definition and part of speech

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Wrongdoer

  1. n. One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor.
  2. n. One who injures another, or who does wrong.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wrong: Definition and part of speech

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Wrong

  1. a. Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.
  2. imp. of Wring. Wrung.
  3. a. Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
  4. a. Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.
  5. a. Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.
  6. a. Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.
  7. a. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
  8. adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
  9. a. That which is not right.
  10. a. Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; — the opposite of moral right.
  11. 1a. 1 Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Writhe: Definition and part of speech

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Writhe

  1. v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
  2. v. t. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
  3. v. t. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
  4. v. t. To extort; to wring; to wrest.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.