English words for 'wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment'
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noun
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
adj
- based on or acting or judging in error
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
adv
verb
adj
verb
- make right or correct
- adjust for
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- censure severely
- make reparations or amends for
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- fall in value
- treat a defect
- (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
- (transitive) To discipline; to punish.
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
adv
intj
noun
adj
- correct in opinion or judgment
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- socially right or correct
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- precisely accurate
- intended for the right hand
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Of or relating to the right whale.
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
noun
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The right hand or fist.
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The right side or direction.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
adv
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- precisely, exactly
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- immediately
- in an accurate manner
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- in a face down manner
- Immediately, directly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- In a correct manner.
- On the right side.
- (British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- Towards the right side.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
verb
- make right or correct
- make reparations or amends for
- put in or restore to an upright position
- regain an upright or proper position
- (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- (transitive) To correct.
- (transitive) To set upright.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
intj
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
noun
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- part of a statement that is not correct
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
verb
noun
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
- responsibility for a bad situation or event
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- A minor offense.
- (mining) An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.
- (hunting) A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.
- (typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
- A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
- (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- (programming) An exception within a software program or process.
- (tennis) An illegal serve.
- (equestrianism) A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.
- (morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
- A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
- (technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- judgments about another person's morality
- a moral maxim
- (countable, often derogatory) A maxim or saying believed by the speaker to embody a moral truth; an instance of moralizing.
- (uncountable, often derogatory) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).
noun
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
- morally objectionable behavior
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
adj
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
- Morally corrupt.
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
noun
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
noun
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
- an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode
- illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
- (artificial intelligence) A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.
- A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
- The act of judging.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- attention
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- an important intellectual
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
noun
- The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
- (chiefly fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
- motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
- conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
noun
- anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
- (countable) A specialist in judging works of art.
- (countable) An opponent.
- (countable) A person who appraises the works of others.
- (countable) One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
adj
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
prep_phrase
- (comparable, figuratively, of a person) Mistaken; misguided; somewhat wrong in opinion or judgment.
- (comparable, figuratively, of an action, belief, idea, etc) Incorrect or inappropriate; not properly executed, envisioned, or understood.
- (not comparable, baseball, of a baserunner) Positioned somewhere between the bases, and hence vulnerable to being caught out.
- (not comparable, US) Situated or happening outside the boundaries of a military base.
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
- Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
- (derogatory, slang) A tankie.
- (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
verb
adj
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
- (uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
- (uncountable) A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
- (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
- (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
- (uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- (figurative) Vitality.
- (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- Any juice.
- (slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.
verb
- deplete
- excavate the earth beneath
- (transitive) To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality).
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- (transitive) To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the vitality of.
verb
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To perplex or puzzle.
- To stun or amaze.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- (sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- mistake one thing for another
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
adj
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
noun
- An opinion or judgement.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
verb
noun
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- moderation in expectations
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
noun
- Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.
- An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- the total number of voters who participated
- a body of voters who have the same interests
verb
- (transitive) To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
- (transitive) To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
- be guided by in voting
- express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
- express one's choice or preference by vote
- bring into existence or make available by vote
- express a choice or opinion
adj
- showing reason or sound judgment
- aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
- able to feel or perceive
- readily perceived by the senses
- Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
- (especially formally) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
- Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
verb
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- refuse entrance or membership
- reject with contempt
- not accept as true
- not accept something given or offered
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
noun
adj
- Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
- Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
- Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
- Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
- (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- unresponsive to stimulation
- not marked by the use of reason
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
noun
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
adj
- based on or acting or judging in error
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
adv
verb
noun
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- part of a statement that is not correct
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
verb
noun
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
- responsibility for a bad situation or event
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- an imperfection in an object or machine
- A minor offense.
- (mining) An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.
- (hunting) A loss of the scent being tracked by a hound.
- (typically uncountable) Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
- A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
- (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- (programming) An exception within a software program or process.
- (tennis) An illegal serve.
- (equestrianism) A penalty point assessed in horseback events such as show jumping.
- (morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
- A strongly undesirable variation of food or drink caused by impurity or contamination.
- (technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- judgments about another person's morality
- a moral maxim
- (countable, often derogatory) A maxim or saying believed by the speaker to embody a moral truth; an instance of moralizing.
- (uncountable, often derogatory) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).
noun
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
- morally objectionable behavior
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
adj
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
- Morally corrupt.
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
noun
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
noun
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
- an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode
- illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
- (artificial intelligence) A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.
- A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
- The act of judging.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
noun
- an opinion formed by judging something
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- attention
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- an important intellectual
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
noun
- The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
- (chiefly fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
- motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
- conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
noun
- anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
- (countable) A specialist in judging works of art.
- (countable) An opponent.
- (countable) A person who appraises the works of others.
- (countable) One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- (tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
- Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
- (derogatory, slang) A tankie.
- (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
- (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
verb
adj
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
- (uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
- (uncountable) A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
- (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
noun
- a person who lacks good judgment
- a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
- (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
- (uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- (figurative) Vitality.
- (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- Any juice.
- (slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.
verb
- deplete
- excavate the earth beneath
- (transitive) To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality).
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- (transitive) To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the vitality of.
noun
- An opinion or judgement.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
verb
noun
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- moderation in expectations
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
noun
- Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.
- An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- the total number of voters who participated
- a body of voters who have the same interests
verb
- (transitive) To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
- (transitive) To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
- be guided by in voting
- express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
- express one's choice or preference by vote
- bring into existence or make available by vote
- express a choice or opinion
verb
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To perplex or puzzle.
- To stun or amaze.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- (sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- mistake one thing for another
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
verb
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- refuse entrance or membership
- reject with contempt
- not accept as true
- not accept something given or offered
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
noun
adj
verb
- make right or correct
- adjust for
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- censure severely
- make reparations or amends for
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- fall in value
- treat a defect
- (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
- (transitive) To discipline; to punish.
- (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
- (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
adv
intj
noun
adj
- correct in opinion or judgment
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- socially right or correct
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- precisely accurate
- intended for the right hand
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Of or relating to the right whale.
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
noun
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The right hand or fist.
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The right side or direction.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
adv
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- precisely, exactly
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- immediately
- in an accurate manner
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- in a face down manner
- Immediately, directly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- In a correct manner.
- On the right side.
- (British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- Towards the right side.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
verb
- make right or correct
- make reparations or amends for
- put in or restore to an upright position
- regain an upright or proper position
- (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- (transitive) To correct.
- (transitive) To set upright.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
intj
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
adj
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
adj
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
noun
adj
- showing reason or sound judgment
- aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
- able to feel or perceive
- readily perceived by the senses
- Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
- (especially formally) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
- Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
adj
- Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
- Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
- Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
- Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
- (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- unresponsive to stimulation
- not marked by the use of reason
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
noun
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
- morally objectionable behavior
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
adj
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
- Morally corrupt.
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
noun
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
adj
- based on or acting or judging in error
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion