wronging

Definition of wrongingnext
present participle of wrong

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wronging
Verb
  • Between 1974 and 1978, Bundy raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls across the country, victimizing women in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Florida.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Nearly every task, there’s someone who absolutely loses their mind, and then there’s someone who’ll find a funny angle and someone who’s victimizing Alex.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement on Wednesday, the environmental group said generators release air pollutants, such as benzene, formaldehyde and nitrogen oxides, that are harming the nearby Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • The evidence is increasingly clear that too much screen time, particularly with social media, is harming the social and emotional well-being of our students, as well as their cognitive development.
    Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • In a press release last September, the DOJ announced that a 68-year-old Santa Monica man, Gregory John Curcio, was charged with doxing and harassing an ICE lawyer.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • And sure enough, that account had been harassing a six-year-old girl.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s.
    Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
  • Having been raised not too far from similarly-minded environs, this Turkish critic knows that keeping a pure and noble familial slate in patriarchy often means oppressing women.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Rumor has it that Steve Spurrier could be the favorite, which would be hilarious given Spurrier's history of tormenting the Vols.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • But the man hung himself, most likely due to Duncan tormenting him relentlessly like a jock pranking a nerd in an ‘80s campus comedy.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Additionally, a jury found Pasqual guilty of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance's, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Overnight into Tuesday, waves of drones and missiles struck the capital, killing and injuring civilians and damaging homes, businesses and public buildings.
    Polina Lytvynova, NPR, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Behind the story One of the really big stories on my beat covering China for the last decade has been Beijing's intensive ramp-up in detaining and persecuting Uyghurs, a primarily Muslim ethnic minority.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • The South African government has denied persecuting the ethnic minority, composed of descendants of European settlers, mostly from the Netherlands.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Bobby Atkinson, 37, is accused of threatening to kill his wife during a morning altercation at their Louisville home before allegedly torturing her dogs, Brooklyn and Seven, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, WAVE and WKRC.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Others believe that extraterrestrials are imparting divine wisdom, or are simply torturing us, like a child pulling the legs off an insect.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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“Wronging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronging. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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