Abuse synonyms
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Part of speech:
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.
To maltreat.
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misemployment
Wrong or mistaken employment.
The condition of being persecuted.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
An array of similar things intended for use together:
The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
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To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
To treat unkindly or harshly.
To disturb, interfere with, or annoy:
do an injustice to
To treat badly
do one's worst
To treat badly
Scathe is to harm or damage, or to fiercely denounce or criticize.
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domestic-violence (related)
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
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The state of being defiled.
The practice of offering oneself or using one's talents for an unworthy purpose, especially for personal gain.
The act of reviling.
Abusive language
Ill-treatment
Moral wrong; evil
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 cause damage to; impair:
Of property or a contractual right, to interfere in such a way as to diminish its value.
To inflict an injury or injuries on.
(UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
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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:
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To cause to feel worried or depressed:
Ruin is defined as to break or destroy something.
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
To disseminate widely; popularize.
do wrong by
To treat badly
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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
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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.
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
respect (antonym)
A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem:
veneration (antonym)
The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
help (antonym)
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance.
defense (antonym)
Defending ability or potential.
defend (antonym)
To guard from attack; keep from harm or danger; protect
blame (related)
Responsibility for a fault or wrong
censure (related)
To express strong disapproval of
scold (related)
To scold is to criticize, chastise or rebuke someone for something.
slander (related)
To utter or spread slander.
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.
Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
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
Abusive language; blame; disgrace or cause to be in ill repute; calumny. Obloquy may go to the extent where it constitutes defamation. See also defamation and slander.
The crime of using force or the threat of force to compel a person to submit to sexual intercourse.
Something that is scurrilous.
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 turn another way; to divert.
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:
preservation (antonym)
A preserving or being preserved
aid (antonym)
Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies:
praise (antonym)
(Archaic) A reason for praise; merit.
commendation (antonym)
The act or an instance of commending; esp., formal recommendation or praise
approval (antonym)
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
plaudit (antonym)
Plaudit is defined as approval.
acclamation (antonym)
An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot:
adulation (antonym)
Excessive flattery or admiration.
adulate (antonym)
The definition of adulate means to lavishly flatter.
approve (antonym)
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
compliment (antonym)
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
preserve (antonym)
To keep from harm, damage, danger, evil, etc.; protect; save
esteem (antonym)
To esteem is defined as to respect, have regard for or admire something.
honor (antonym)
To show great respect or high regard for; treat with deference and courtesy
treasure (antonym)
To keep or regard as precious; value highly.
revere (antonym)
To revere is to think very highly of someone or to greatly admire someone.
benefit (antonym)
To derive benefit:
prize (antonym)
Prize means to place high value on.
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
The act of taking improperly, including the use of another’s property or work.
Incorrect usage; misapplication, as of words
The property of being scurrilous.
treat well (related)
To use wrongly and improperly
To claw or scratch with the hand and nails
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
To measure by pacing:
Excitation of one's own or another's genital organs, usually to orgasm, by manual contact or means other than sexual intercourse.
abuser (related)
intimidation (related)
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bully (related)
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child abuse (related)
care (antonym)
A cause of such a mental state
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.
Find another word for abuse. In this page you can discover 210 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abuse, like: ill-usage, perversion, damage, misuse, misapplication, ill-use, debasement, misemployment, invective, persecution and degradation.