Abuse Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Abuse
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
Injury or harm to a person or thing, resulting in a loss in soundness or value
The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.
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To maltreat.
The condition of being persecuted.
To cause damage to; impair:
Of property or a contractual right, to interfere in such a way as to diminish its value.
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
An array of similar things intended for use together:
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misemployment
Wrong or mistaken employment.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
The act of reviling.
Abusive language
Ill-treatment
A wrong; harm:
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Ill-treatment
The act of molesting
Ill-treatment
Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:
(Accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
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The definition of a wrong is something that is not correct, legal or moral.
Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
Infringement or breach, as of a law, rule, right, etc.
To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
To inflict an injury or injuries on.
To treat unkindly or harshly.
(UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
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To disturb, interfere with, or annoy:
To treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse.
To employ, or use, wrongly or badly; misuse
To use or apply wrongly.
To appropriate wrongly:
To afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To scold, complain, or find fault constantly:
To cause to feel worried or depressed:
Ruin is defined as to break or destroy something.
To disseminate widely; popularize.
do wrong by
To treat badly
do wrong to
To treat badly
To treat roughly; maltreat:
To violate the sacredness of; profane.
To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors:
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
To move or do by human strength only, without mechanical aids
do an injustice to
To treat badly
To exploit, for example sexually.
To employ to the greatest possible advantage:
To put forth too much physical effort.
To force to work too hard or too long.
do one's worst
To treat badly
Scathe is to harm or damage, or to fiercely denounce or criticize.
Excitation of one's own or another's genital organs, usually to orgasm, by manual contact or means other than sexual intercourse.
The state of being defiled.
The practice of offering oneself or using one's talents for an unworthy purpose, especially for personal gain.
A desecrating or being desecrated
Incorrect handling; mismanagement.
Pollution is something introduced into the environment that is dirty, unclean or has a harmful effect.
improper use
Misuse
Utilization of another person or group for selfish purposes:
A profaning or being profaned; desecration; defilement
Moral wrong; evil
To burden with too much weight; overload.
To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.
To defile is defined as to make something unclean, either literally or figuratively.
impose upon
To treat badly
To lead into bad habits; make morally bad; corrupt; pervert
To affect with something physically injurious, unpleasant, etc.; infect, poison, etc.
To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade.
To fail to take advantage of:
To spend much time and energy on indulgence in pleasure, esp. drinking, gambling, etc., to the point of harming oneself
To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
To hit someone, or behave violently towards them.
To say defamatory things about someone or something.
To scold or rebuke severely
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.
To offer or circulate fraudulently; pass off:
To rely too much (on or upon), as in taking liberties
To consume, expend, or exhaust by use
To trouble or beset, as with questions or doubts.
To attack with harsh, often insulting language
Vituperate is defined as to speak meanly about someone or something.
The act of taking improperly, including the use of another’s property or work.
Incorrect usage; misapplication, as of words
Haughty and contemptuous rudeness; insulting and humiliating treatment or language
Obloquy is verbal abuse, or disgrace resulting from abuse.
A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.
The property of being scurrilous.
Characterized by improper or wrongful use:
Fond of catching others in mistakes; quick to find fault; quibbling; carping
castigatory
Serving or tending to castigate.
Expressing censure; inclined to find fault; harshly critical
The definition of contemptuous is someone who is full of hatred for someone or something.
(Archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful.
Used in reference to an utterance, to indicate that it is false and harmful to the reputation of another.
Despicable is defined as a foul and loathsome person.
The definition of opprobrious is something that is disrespectful or that expresses shame or disgrace.
Given to using sarcasm:
Disdainfully or humorously sneering or sarcastic
A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
Defamation is defined as the act of ruining someone's reputation through slander or libel.
The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
A person or thing cursed or detested
The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
Infamy is defined as notoriety, or a reputation of bad behavior.
Strong rebuke; strong scolding
The crime of using force or the threat of force to compel a person to submit to sexual intercourse.
The definition of a tirade is a long and bitter speech.
Slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
To confuse completely; muddle
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible:
To revise or make corrections to a publication.
To call evil or injury down on; damn
To lower oneself; lose face
To reduce in esteem or rank.
(Geol.) To cause a fault in
To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for:
To tamper with or falsify for personal gain:
To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.
To handle or use roughly; damage or hurt:
Rail is defined as to speak or act bitterly or hatefully against.
To ravish is to take someone by force, to force someone to engage in sexual intercourse or to experience extreme happiness.
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
To fail to uphold; disregard or violate:
To claw or scratch with the hand and nails
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
To measure by pacing:
A structure made of a rail, often connecting a series of upright members, that is used as a guard or barrier or for support, as on a balcony or next to a staircase.
Injury is defined as harm to a person or thing.
Antonyms for Abuse
A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem:
The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance.
Defending ability or potential.
To guard from attack; keep from harm or danger; protect
A preserving or being preserved
Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies:
The act or an instance of commending; esp., formal recommendation or praise
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Plaudit is defined as approval.
An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot:
Excessive flattery or admiration.
The definition of adulate means to lavishly flatter.
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
To keep from harm, damage, danger, evil, etc.; protect; save
To esteem is defined as to respect, have regard for or admire something.
To show great respect or high regard for; treat with deference and courtesy
To keep or regard as precious; value highly.
To revere is to think very highly of someone or to greatly admire someone.
To derive benefit:
Prize means to place high value on.
A cause of such a mental state
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To utter or spread slander.
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To use wrongly and improperly
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
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