wrongful

Other forms of wrongful

comparative

wrongfuller·

superlative

wrongfullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wrongful

What does wrongful mean?

wrongful means "having no legally established claim". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wrongful?

wrongful has 2 syllables: wrong-ful. The stress falls on "wrong". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔŋfəl/.

What is another word for wrongful?

Close synonyms include unlawful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wrongful a common word?

wrongful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.