Word Meanings - MISCALL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To call by a wrong name; to name improperly. 2. To call by a bad name; to abuse. Fuller.

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• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• WRONG
  imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer.
• WRONGLESS
  Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney.
• WRONGDOING
  Evil or wicked behavior or action.
• WRONGFUL
  Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n.
• ABUSE
  1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority. This principle shoots rapidly
• WRONGHEAD
  A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
• ABUSER
  One who abuses .
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• WRONG-TIMED
  Done at an improper time; ill-timed.
• WRONGNESS
  The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham.
• WRONGDOER
  One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. (more info) 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong.
• WRONGLY
  In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.
• WRONGHEADED
  Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong"head`ed*ly, adv. -- Wrong"head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay.
• WRONGER
  One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. "Wrongers of the world." Tennyson.
• ABUSEFUL
  Full of abuse; abusive. "Abuseful names." Bp. Barlow.
• FULLER
  One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
• SELF-ABUSE
  1. The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties. 2. Self-deception; delusion. Shak. 3. Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
• AWRONG
  Wrongly. Ford.
• SELF-WRONG
  Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.