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Definition of "wrongous" [wron•gous]

  • Constituting a wrong; unjust; wrongful; improper. (adjective)
  • Not right; unjust; illegal. (adjective)

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Use "wrongous" in a sentence
  • "She asked, ‘O my lord, why should I do such wrongous deed?’"
  • "Therefore what of righteous we compass is from Allah Almighty, and what of wrongous from ourselves135 His creatures, not from the Creator, exalted be He herefor with highmost exaltation! —"
  • "I will abstain henceforth from what pleaseth thee not; for the sage saith, ‘Have a care that thou speak not of that whereof thou art not asked; leave that which concerneth thee not for that which concerneth thee, and by no means lavish good counsel on the wrongous, for they will repay it to thee with wrong.’"
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