wronged

adjective

ˈrȯŋd 

: being injured unjustly : suffering a wrong

Examples of wronged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That image of Maradona as an avenging angel, as a tribune of a wronged people, transcended borders. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

In a bank someone must always be able to reconstruct a decision, for an auditor, a regulator or a wronged customer, and an agent that cannot show its working is a liability dressed as an efficiency. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

The wronged wife can acknowledge or ignore the presence of the other woman, who may be mourning the death of the man as much or more than his wife is. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026

Almost all the Indian adaptations of Wuthering Heights fall on the side of depicting the Heathcliff character as a wronged lover who is ultimately in the right; here’s one that leans more toward his villainy, resulting in something slightly less predictable, if still quite silly at times. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wronged

• belonged
• prolonged
• longed
• pronged
• thronged