Abuse

[ə'bjuːz] or [ə'bjus]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) use wrongly or improperly or excessively; 'Her husband often abuses alcohol'; 'while she was pregnant, she abused drugs'.

(verb.) use foul or abusive language towards; 'The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket'; 'The angry mother shouted at the teacher'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.

(v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.

(v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.

(v. t.) To dishonor.

(v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

(v. t.) To deceive; to impose on.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Physical ill treatment; injury.

(v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.

(v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

(v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, profane, make an ill use of.[2]. Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.[3]. Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, PASQUINADE, VITUPERATE, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.[4]. Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.

n. [1]. Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, profanation, prostitution, desecration, perversion, ill-use.[2]. Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.[3]. Corrupt practice.[4]. Vituperation, railing, reviling, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, JAW, foul invective, rude reproach.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Injure, damage, spoil, maltreat, treat-all, ill-use, ill-treat, retile,scandalize, disparage, reproach, upbraid, asperse, malign, slander, vituperate,prostitute, defame, pervert, misuse, misemploy, vilify

ANT:Tend, protect, conserve, consider, regard, shield, cherish, praise, extol,laud, vindicate, panegyrize, respect

SYN:Mistreatment, invective, ill-treatment, opprobrium, scurrility, vituperation,ribaldry, obloquy, reproach, insolence, misusage, ill-usage

ANT:Good-usage, good-treatment, kindness, praise, deference, respect

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Definition

v.t. to use wrongly: to pervert: to revile: to violate.—ns. Abuse (ab-ūs′) ill use: misapplication: reproach: vituperation; Abū′sion (Spens.) abuse: deception: reproach.—adj. Abus′ive containing or practising abuse: full of abuses: vituperative.—adv. Abus′ively.—n. Abus′iveness.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of abusing a person, means that you will be unfortunate in your affairs, losing good money through over-bearing persistency in business relations with others. To feel yourself abused, you will be molested in your daily pursuits by the enmity of others. For a young woman to dream that she hears abusive language, foretells that she will fall under the ban of some person's jealousy and envy. If she uses the language herself, she will meet with unexpected rebuffs, that may fill her with mortification and remorse for her past unworthy conduct toward friends.

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Examples

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