Abuse

//əˈbjuːs//

Synonyms for "abuse" (481 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (97)

mistreat misuse invective maltreat maltreatment manhandle mishandle pervert abuse of office addiction afflict aggrieve aspersion assail assailing assault atrocity attack backbiting bark at

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Verb(34 words)

misuse ill-treat ill-use maltreat mistreat oppress outrage wound ;afflict affront aggrieve annoy bash one out bate beat beat it beat off bewound bilk

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blackguard burn call names carry choke the chicken clapperclaw cod con constuprate counterfeit cozen crank one out cripple cross out

Noun(4 words)

contumely insult abusage abusio

Strong matches (144)

cuss out damage damn debase debasement debauch debauchment deceive decry defalcate defalcation defamation defame defile defilement defloration deflower deflowering dependence deprave

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Verb(50 words)

cut down damage damnify deceive defile defoul dere dis dishonour disrespect diss dissemble dissimulate do do damage to do evil do for do harm do ill do violence to

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Noun(3 words)

ill-treatment ill-usage invective

Related words (240)

lead astray libel light load with reproaches make use of maladminister maladministration malediction malfeasance malign maligning malpractice malversation manipulate mar masturbation maul menace mess up milk

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minimize misapplication misapply misappropriate misappropriation misconduct misemploy misemployment misfeasance mishandling mislead mismanage mismanagement mistreatment misusage mock mockery molest molestation mud objurgate objurgation obloquy onslaught oppress oppression opprobrium outrage peculate peculation persecute persecution perversion philippic pick pilfer pilfering pitch play play havoc with play hob with play on poison pollute pollution poor stewardship prejudice presume upon priapism profanation profane profanity prostitute prostitution punish punishment rag rail at railing rape rate rating ravage rave rave against ravish ravishment rebuke reproach revile revilement reviling rough rough up ruin sacrilege 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 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 wreak havoc on write off wrong yell at yelp at

Verb(85 words)

lead astray make mischief mastuprate masturbate maul misbid misdo misrespect molest offend overburden overreach pain persecute pervert pimp play pocket pool play the clitar play the skin flute play with oneself

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Noun(7 words)

maltreatment misuse opprobrium reproach revilement scurrility vilification

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

28 entries

assail assault attack consume deplete discourtesy disrespect do by eat eat up employment exercise exhaust expend handle lash out

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Synonyms

8 entries

invective maltreat maltreatment manhandle mishandle mistreat misuse pervert

Related terms

3 entries

abusive abusively abusiveness

coordinate

6 entries

misusage misuse usage use

derived

40 entries

abusability abusable abusage abuse excuse abuse of discretion abuse of distress abuse of notation abuse of process abuse-ridden abusee abuseful abusefully abuseless abusement abuser abusingly

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derived from

1 entries

use

has context

2 entries

outside of scotland

is a

1 entries

disrespect

manner of

2 entries

attack use

related to

48 entries

abusive abusively abusiveness ad hominem adulterate bullying catachresis child neglect coarse corrupt cruelty deceive defamation defile delusion disparage

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Translations

403 translations across 62 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

λοιδορέω verb (to insult)

Arabic

4 entries

إيذاء جسدي noun (physical maltreatment)
إِيذَاء جَسَدِيّ noun (physical maltreatment)
اِسَاءَة اِسْتِخْدَام noun (improper usage)
اِنْتِهَاك جَسَدِيّ noun (sexual violation or assault)

Armenian

4 entries

չարաշահում noun (corrupt practice)
չարաշահում noun (improper usage)
սեռական ոտնձգություն noun (sexual violation or assault)
վիրավորանք noun (insulting speech)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

sui-istifadə noun (improper usage)

Basque

2 entries

abusatu verb (to use improperly)
abusatu verb (to hurt)

Belarusian

4 entries

абра́за noun (insulting speech)
е́нчанне noun (physical maltreatment)
здзе́кванне noun (physical maltreatment)
здзек noun (physical maltreatment)

Bulgarian

4 entries

злоупотре́ба noun (corrupt practice)
злоупотре́ба noun (improper usage)
изнаси́лване noun (sexual violation or assault)
оби́да noun (insulting speech)

Catalan

4 entries

abús noun (improper usage)
abusar verb (to use improperly)
abusar verb (to rape)
violar verb (to rape)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

咒罵 /咒骂 noun (insulting speech)
濫權 /滥权 noun (improper usage)
濫用 /滥用 noun (improper usage)
虐待 noun (physical maltreatment)

Czech

2 entries

urážka noun (insulting speech)
zneužití noun (sexual violation or assault)

Danish

4 entries

misbrug noun (improper usage)
mishandling noun (physical maltreatment)
seksuelt misbrug noun (sexual violation or assault)
vanrøgt noun (improper usage)

Dutch

4 entries

beschimpingen noun (insulting speech)
misbruik noun (corrupt practice)
misbruik noun (sexual violation or assault)
mishandeling noun (physical maltreatment)

Esperanto

3 entries

insulti verb (to insult)
mistrakti verb (to use improperly)
misuzi verb (to use improperly)

Estonian

1 entries

solvang noun (insulting speech)

Finnish

4 entries

herjaus noun (insulting speech)
hyväksikäyttö noun (sexual violation or assault)
pahoinpitely noun (physical maltreatment)
seksuaalinen väkivalta noun (sexual violation or assault)

French

4 entries

abus noun (corrupt practice)
abus noun (improper usage)
abus noun (physical maltreatment)
injure noun (insulting speech)

Galician

1 entries

abuso noun (improper usage)

German

4 entries

Beleidigung noun (insulting speech)
Beschimpfung noun (insulting speech)
Missbrauch noun (corrupt practice)
Missbrauch noun (improper usage)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to hurt)
𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to hurt)

Greek

4 entries

βρισιές noun (insulting speech)
κακομεταχείριση noun (physical maltreatment)
κακοποίηση noun (insulting speech)
κακοποίηση noun (physical maltreatment)

Hebrew

4 entries

השתלחות noun (insulting speech)
התעללות noun (physical maltreatment)
ניצול לרעה noun (improper usage)
תקיפה מינית noun (sexual violation or assault)

Hindi

4 entries

अपशब्द noun (insulting speech)
गाली noun (insulting speech)
दुरूपयोग noun (improper usage)
गाली देना verb (to insult)

Hungarian

2 entries

visszaélés noun (improper usage)
visszaél verb (to use improperly)

Icelandic

2 entries

misþyrming noun (physical maltreatment)
misþyrma verb (to hurt)

Indonesian

2 entries

penyalahgunaan noun (improper usage)
menyalahgunakan verb (to use improperly)

Irish

2 entries

tarcaisne noun (insulting speech)
maslaigh verb (to insult)

Italian

4 entries

abuso noun (corrupt practice)
abuso noun (improper usage)
abuso noun (physical maltreatment)
abuso sessuale noun (sexual violation or assault)

Japanese

4 entries

侮辱 noun (insulting speech)
濫用 noun (improper usage)
虐待 noun (physical maltreatment)
侮辱する verb (to insult)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries

abuza verb (to use improperly)
abuza verb (to insult)
abuzá verb (to use improperly)
abuzá verb (to insult)

Khmer

4 entries

បង្គ្រប verb (to hurt)
បំពាន verb (to hurt)
បំពារ verb (to hurt)
ពានពារ verb (to hurt)

Korean

4 entries

남용 noun (improper usage)
람용 noun (improper usage)
모욕 noun (insulting speech)
학대 noun (physical maltreatment)

Latgalian

2 entries

lomuot noun (insulting speech)
sveņtēt noun (insulting speech)

Latin

4 entries

abūsiō noun (improper usage)
contumēlia noun (physical maltreatment)
probrum noun (insulting speech)
abūtor verb (to use improperly)

Latvian

1 entries

lamāt noun (insulting speech)

Lithuanian

3 entries

piknaudžiavimas noun (corrupt practice)
piknaudžiauti verb (to use improperly)
įžeidinėti verb (to insult)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

abuséieren verb (to use improperly)

Macedonian

1 entries

навреда noun (insulting speech)

Malay

4 entries

penderaan noun (physical maltreatment)
penyalahgunaan noun (improper usage)
maki hamun verb (to insult)
menganiaya verb (to use improperly)

Malayalam

1 entries

ദുരുപയോഗം noun (corrupt practice)

Maltese

1 entries

abbuż noun (improper usage)

Māori

4 entries

kaikino noun (physical maltreatment)
kaioraora noun (insulting speech)
raukotinga noun (improper usage)
rurerurenga noun (physical maltreatment)

Norman

3 entries

abuser verb (to use improperly)
abuser verb (to hurt)
abuser verb (to rape)

Norwegian

4 entries

misbruk noun (corrupt practice)
utskjelling noun (insulting speech)
voldtekt noun (sexual violation or assault)
misbruke verb (to use improperly)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

misbruk noun (improper usage)
mishandling noun (physical maltreatment)
voldta verb (to rape)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

misbruk noun (improper usage)
mishandling noun (physical maltreatment)
valdta verb (to rape)

Old English

1 entries

misbēodan verb (to insult)

Persian

1 entries

دشنام noun (insulting speech)

Polish

4 entries

molestowanie noun (sexual violation or assault)
nadużycie noun (corrupt practice)
nadużycie noun (improper usage)
obraza noun (insulting speech)

Portuguese

4 entries

abuso noun (corrupt practice)
abuso noun (improper usage)
abuso noun (insulting speech)
abuso noun (physical maltreatment)

Romanian

4 entries

abuz noun (corrupt practice)
abuz noun (improper usage)
abuz fizic noun (physical maltreatment)
abuz sexual noun (sexual violation or assault)

Russian

4 entries

брань noun (insulting speech)
жесто́кое обраще́ние noun (physical maltreatment)
злоупотребле́ние noun (corrupt practice)
злоупотребле́ние noun (improper usage)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

cronachadh noun (insulting speech)
càineadh noun (insulting speech)
trod noun (insulting speech)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

uvreda noun (insulting speech)
zlostavljanje noun (physical maltreatment)
zloupotreba noun (improper usage)
злостављање noun (physical maltreatment)

Slovak

1 entries

urážka noun (insulting speech)

Spanish

4 entries

abuso noun (improper usage)
abuso noun (physical maltreatment)
abuso sexual noun (sexual violation or assault)
abusar verb (to hurt)

Swedish

4 entries

missbruk noun (improper usage)
misshandel noun (physical maltreatment)
missbruka verb (to use improperly)
misshandla verb (to hurt)

Tagalog

4 entries

abuso noun (corrupt practice)
abuso noun (improper usage)
abuso noun (insulting speech)
abuso noun (physical maltreatment)

Turkish

4 entries

istismar noun (improper usage)
istismar noun (physical maltreatment)
suistimal noun (improper usage)
suistimal noun (physical maltreatment)

Ukrainian

4 entries

жорсто́ке пово́дження noun (physical maltreatment)
зловжива́ння noun (corrupt practice)
зловжива́ння noun (improper usage)
знуща́ння noun (physical maltreatment)

Urdu

1 entries

گالی noun (insulting speech)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bạo hành verb (to hurt)
lạm dụng verb (to use improperly)

Volapük

4 entries

migeb noun (improper usage)
lenofön verb (to insult)
lunofön verb (to insult)
migebön verb (to use improperly)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Words of abuse poured from his lips.

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I'm not afraid of anything after having verbal abuse heaped on me like that. In fact, I feel empowered by it.

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She walked out on her boyfriend after three years of abuse.

Source: tatoeba (245005)

There must be equal pay for equal work, and where this is not the case, the abuse must be resisted at all costs.

Source: tatoeba (245309)

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