Word Meanings - MISPRONUNCIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wrong or improper pronunciation.

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• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• 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.
• IMPROPERTY
  Impropriety.
• 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.
• WRONGHEAD
  A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.
• PRONUNCIATION
  The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery. J. Q. Adams. (more info) 1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as,
• IMPROPERIA
  A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual. Grove.
• 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.
• IMPROPER
  1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress. Follow'd his enemy king, and did him
• AWRONG
  Wrongly. Ford.
• SELF-WRONG
  Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.