Words that mean 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-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, 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

 

 

Main entries similar to: abuse

 

afflict, aggrieve, aspersion, assault, atrocity, attack, backbiting, batter, befoul, berate, berating, betray, betrayal, bewitch, blacken, blaspheme, blasphemy, bleed, bleed white, blight, bruise, buffet, calumny, contumely, conversion, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, cuss out, damage, damn, debase, debauch, deceive, decry, defalcation, defile, deflower, deprave, depreciate, dereliction, desecrate, desecration, despoil, destroy, diatribe, diminish, disadvantage, discount, dishonor, disparage, distress, diversion, divert, doom, drain, embezzle, embezzlement, envenom, epithet, execrate, execration, exploit, flak, force, foul, fulminate against, harass, harm, hex, hurt, ill use, impair, impose, impose upon, indignity, infect, injure, injury, insult, invective, jaw, jawing, jinx, knock, knock about, light, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreat, manhandle, manipulate, maul, menace, milk, misapplication, misapply, misappropriate, misappropriation, misconduct, misfeasance, mishandle, mishandling, mislead, mismanage, mismanagement, mistreat, misusage, misuse, mock, mockery, molest, obloquy, onslaught, oppress, oppression, opprobrium, outrage, peculate, persecute, persecution, perversion, pervert, philippic, pick, pilfer, pilfering, pitch, play, play havoc with, play on, poison, pollute, pollution, prejudice, presume upon, profanation, profane, prostitute, prostitution, punish, punishment, rag, rail at, rape, rate, rating, ravage, rave, ravish, ravishment, revile, revilement, rough, ruin, sacrilege, savage, scandal, scathe, seduce, seduction, sexual assault, soil, stroke, suck dry, sully, swear, taint, take advantage of, threaten, tirade, tongue-lash, tongue-lashing, torment, torture, use, vilification, vilify, violate, violation, violence, vituperate, vituperation, work on, wound, wreak havoc, wrong, yell at

 

 

 

 

 

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