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Abuse   /əbjˈus/  /əbjˈuz/   Listen
Abuse

noun
1.
Cruel or inhumane treatment.  Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment.
2.
A rude expression intended to offend or hurt.  Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification.  "They yelled insults at the visiting team"
3.
Improper or excessive use.  Synonym: misuse.  "The abuse of public funds"
verb
(past & past part. abused; pres. part. abusing)
1.
Treat badly.  Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step.  "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
2.
Change the inherent purpose or function of something.  Synonyms: misuse, pervert.  "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
3.
Use foul or abusive language towards.  Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout.  "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
4.
Use wrongly or improperly or excessively.  "While she was pregnant, she abused drugs"



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"Abuse" Quotes from Famous Books



... further heed to him, but the speaker mounted the steps of the meeting-house and harangued the natives in a strain of rude and passionate declamation, in which my host, the aristocrats, and the Secessionists came in for about equal shares of abuse. Seeing that the native (who, it appeared, was quite popular as a stump-speaker) was drawing away his audience, the Colonel descended from the driver's seat, and motioning for me to follow, entered the carriage. Turning the horses homeward, we rode ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. VI, June, 1862 - Devoted To Literature and National Policy • Various

... cannot even report to another person,—by his attitude, his look, his voice,—when he insults, when he attacks as an enemy, when he smites with his fist, when he strikes a blow on the face. These rouse a man; these make a man beside himself who is unused to such foul abuse." ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

... confined to that portion of the cecum that gives attachment to the appendix there may be no pain, or the pain may not be intense, and because of this lack of intensity, the patient tolerates abuse in the line of drugging and feeding until an abscess forms, the walls of which surround the appendix which is inflamed and often gangrenous. About this time, on account of the gradual increase in swelling, the pressure brings obstruction, partial or complete, causing the symptoms ...
— Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment • John H. Tilden, M.D.

... piece to drop through the right hand to the ground, or other similar abuse of the rifle to produce effect in ...
— Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 - Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) • United States War Department

... overwork and worry, and I am paying for my bed and what I don't eat, principally, by attempting her work. It scarcely would be fair to Uncle Henry to say that I do it. I stagger around as long as I can stand, then I sit through his abuse. He is a pleasant man. Please don't think I am telling you this to harrow your sympathy further. The reason I explain is because I am driven. If I do not, you will misjudge me when I say that I only can see you here. I ...
— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter


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