Mistreat Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭs-trēt
To hurt or injure by maltreatment
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abuse
  2. maltreat
  3. harm
  4. ill-treat
  5. injure
  6. ill-use
  7. mishandle
  8. misuse
  9. illuse
  10. wrong
  11. outrage
  12. violate
  13. step
Antonyms:
  1. treat well
  2. pamper
  3. coddle
  4. please
  5. satisfy
  6. favor
  7. pet
To treat roughly or wrongly.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abuse

Words Related to Mistreat

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Mistreat Sentence Examples

  • Drivers can mistreat or beat up their cars and ignore or delay necessary maintenance and repairs until their car quits running, so age makes a difference when searching for a used car.

  • Gabriel of the Quran, in contrast, does physically mistreat Muhammad to the point of his suicidal confusion.

  • But … he doesn't mistreat me and there's potential for me to do good from Hell.

  • If you mistreat your employees or stockholders, you run the risk that a couple million people may know about it before nightfall, thanks to Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and citizen journalists.

  • Avoid Puppy Mills - disreputable breeding farms that mistreat animals by confining them in inadequate kennels, under poor conditions just to create additional litters.