Abuse
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[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Syn: To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify; vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign. [1913 Webster] Abuse \A*buse"\, n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See Abuse, v. t.] 1. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language. [1913 Webster] Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. --Madison. [1913 Webster] 2. Physical ill treatment; injury. "Rejoice . . . at the abuse of Falstaff." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. [1913 Webster] Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling. [1913 Webster] The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Abuse of distress (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer. [1913 Webster] Syn: Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult; opprobrium. Usage: Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by anger, and vented in harsh and unseemly words. It is more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse generally takes place in private quarrels; invective in writing or public discussions. Invective may be conveyed in refined language and dictated by indignation against what is blameworthy. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]  abuse n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse] 2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification] 3: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse] 3: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout] 4: use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"  abuse [əbjuːz] Missbrauch; Schmähung  abuse [əbjuːz] insulter affront; injure défaut abuser abus offenser affront; injure maltraiter tourmenter  abuse durvabánásmód erôszakosnemiközösülés félrevezetés gyalázkodás gyalázkodóbeszéd helytelenalkalmazás helytelenhasználat jogtalanság megbecstelenítés mocskolódás nemierôszak rongálás rontás rosszcélravalófordítás szabálytalanság szemfényvesztés sértés sértôbeszéd tévesalkalmazás téveshasználat túlkapás visszaélés ócsárlás  abuse insultare, offendere  abuse [əbjuːz] catachresis  abuse [əbjuːz] injuriar, insultar injúria, insulto defeito, desvantagem, inconveniente injuriar, ofender, ultrajar atormentar, supliciar, torturar  abuse [əbjuːz] injuriar injuria; insulto; ofensa insultar; ofender; ultrajar injuria; ofensa  abuse [əbjuːz] skälla ut missbruk; missförhållande förnärma; förölämpa förolämpning; förnärmelse  abuse Missbrauch m abuse Schmähung f abuse beschimpfen; schmähen abuse missbrauchen  274 Moby Thesaurus words for "abuse": abuse of office, addiction, afflict, aggrieve, assail, assailing, assault, atrocity, attack, bark at, batter, befoul, befoulment, belittle, berate, berating, betongue, betray, betrayal, bewitch, billingsgate, bitter words, blacken, blackening, blackguard, blaspheme, bleed, bleed white, blight, bruise, buffet, call names, calumniate, calumniation, calumny, catachresis, censure, condemn, contumely, conversion, convert, corrupt, corrupt administration, corruption, criminal assault, crucify, curse, cursing, cuss out, damage, damn, debase, debasement, debauch, debauchment, deceive, decry, defalcate, defalcation, defamation, defame, defile, defilement, defloration, deflower, deflowering, dependence, deprave, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, desecrate, desecration, despoil, despoilment, destroy, detract from, diatribe, disadvantage, discount, disparage, dispraise, disserve, distress, diversion, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, drain, embezzle, embezzlement, envenom, epithet, epithetize, execrate, execration, exploit, fault, force, foul, fouling, fulminate against, get into trouble, harass, hard words, harm, hex, hurt, ill use, ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, impair, impose, impose upon, imprecation, infect, injure, injury, insult, invective, jaw, jawing, jeremiad, jinx, knock about, lambaste, lead astray, libel, load with reproaches, make use of, maladminister, maladministration, malediction, malfeasance, malign, maligning, malpractice, maltreat, maltreatment, malversation, manhandle, manipulate, mar, masturbation, maul, menace, mess up, milk, minimize, misapplication, misapply, misappropriate, misappropriation, misconduct, misemploy, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandle, mishandling, mislead, mismanage, mismanagement, mistreat, mistreatment, misusage, misuse, molest, molestation, mud, objurgate, objurgation, obloquy, onslaught, oppress, opprobrium, outrage, peculate, peculation, persecute, perversion, pervert, philippic, pilfer, pilfering, play havoc with, play hob with, play on, poison, pollute, pollution, poor stewardship, prejudice, presume upon, priapism, profanation, profane, profanity, prostitute, prostitution, rag, rail at, railing, rape, rate, rating, ravage, rave against, ravish, ravishment, rebuke, reproach, revile, revilement, reviling, rough, rough up, ruin, savage, scathe, scold, scolding, screed, scurrility, seduce, seducement, seduction, self-abuse, sexual assault, slander, soil, spoil, stroke, suck dry, sully, swear, swear at, swearing, taint, take advantage of, threaten, thunder against, tirade, tongue-lash, tongue-lashing, torment, torture, traduce, upbraid, upbraiding, use, use ill, vilification, vilify, violate, violation, violence, vituperate, vituperation, work on, work upon, wound, wreak havoc on, write off, wrong, yell at, yelp at Abuse related |
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