ill-treatment
11ill-treatment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Physically harmful treatment: abuse, maltreatment, mishandling, mistreatment, misusage. See HELP …
12ill-treatment — poor treatment, abuse …
13ill-treatment — See: ill treat …
14ill treatment — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abuse, cruelty, mistreatment, maltreatment; manhandling; carelessness. See malevolence, severity, wrong …
15ill-treat|ment — ill treatment, or ill treat|ment «IHL TREET muhnt», noun. bad or cruel treatment; harm; abuse: »... an assurance by Mr. Sandys that he could find nothing to support allegations of torture or any sort of ill treatment (Norman Shrapnel). SYNONYM(S) …
16ill-usage — n. 1. cruel or inhumane treatment. Syn: maltreatment, ill treatment, abuse. [WordNet 1.5] …
17ill-treat — v [T] to be cruel to someone, especially to a child or animal ▪ a rescue centre for ill treated horses >ill treatment n [U] …
18ill-treat — [il′trēt′] vt. to treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat ill treatment n …
19ill-treat — ill treatment, n. /il treet /, v.t. to treat badly; maltreat; abuse. [1695 1705] * * * …
20ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …