abuse - English Synonyms Dictionary

abuse

v.
[1] misuse , misemploy , pervert , misapply , exploit
[2] maltreat , ill-use , injure , wrong , hurt , mistreat , manhandle , ill-treat , damage
[3] malign , revile , censure , upbraid , assail , objurgate , lambaste , berate , rebuke , scold , reproach , disparage , traduce , defame , insult , swear at , curse (at) , calumniate , slander , libel , decry , deprecate , vilify , rail against
[4] mistreat , maltreat , ill-use , step , ill-treat
[5] pervert , misuse
[6] clapperclaw , blackguard , shout
n.
[1] maltreatment , ill-treatment , ill-usage
[2] insult , revilement , contumely , vilification
[3] misuse
[4] misuse , misusage , misemployment , perversion , misapplication , misappropriation , (Rhetoric) catachresis
[5] addiction , dependence
[6] maltreatment , ill-treatment , ill use , fault
[7] self-abuse , self-pollution , masturbation , violation , defilement , corruption
[8] revilement , reviling , execration , vituperation , malediction , imprecation , tongue-lashing , calumny , calumniation , vilification , obloquy , scurrility , invective , maligning , upbraiding , berating , objurgation , scolding , billingsgate