wrongheaded
1Wrongheaded — Wrong head ed, a. Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. {Wrong head ed*ly}, adv. {Wrong head ed*ness}, n. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …
2wrongheaded — index perverse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3wrongheaded — [rôŋhed′id] adj. stubborn in adhering to wrong opinions, ideas, etc.; perverse wrongheadedly adv. wrongheadedness n …
4wrongheaded — adjective Date: 1723 1. stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles < wrongheaded in his opinions > 2. marked by perversity ; contrary to sound judgment < wrongheaded advice > • wrongheadedly adverb • wrongheadedness noun …
5wrongheaded — adjective obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion a wrongheaded policy • Similar to: ↑wrong …
6wrongheaded — wrongheadedly, adv. wrongheadedness, n. /rawng hed id, rong /, adj. wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse. Also, wrong headed. [1725 35; WRONG + HEADED] * * * …
7wrongheaded — adjective having an obstinately perverse opinion or judgement …
8wrongheaded — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, asinine, balky, beef brained, beef witted, blockish, bovine, bullheaded, cantankerous, chumpish, cloddish, contrary, cowish, crass, cross grained, dense, difficult, doltish, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish,… …
9wrongheaded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. misguided, stubborn, obstinate. See obstinacy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stubborn, biased, perverse, narrow; see obstinate , prejudiced …
10wrongheaded — wrong|head|ed [ˌrɔŋˈhedıd US ˌro:ŋ ] adj used to describe an idea, plan, or belief that someone has, that is based on wrong ideas that they are not willing to change >wrongheadedly adv >wrongheadedness n [U] …
