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ill-use — verb treat badly This boss abuses his workers She is always stepping on others to get ahead • Syn: ↑mistreat, ↑maltreat, ↑abuse, ↑step, ↑ill treat • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
ill-use — Synonyms and related words: abuse, active use, appliance, application, atrocity, batter, bleed, bleed white, bruise, buffet, consumption, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, drain, employ, employment, exercise, exertion, exploit, good use,… … Moby Thesaurus
ill-use — I verb abuse, abuti, afflict, be hurtful, be malevolent, bruise, buffet, castigate, cause evil, damage, deal hard measure to, do an injustice to, do evil, do harm to, do violence, do wrong, flagellate, grind, harm, hurt, ill treat, injure, knock… … Law dictionary
ill-treat — verb transitive FORMAL to treat someone in a cruel or unkind way: MALTREAT: people who ill treat their pets … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ill-treat — ill′ treat′ v. t. to treat badly; maltreat; abuse • Etymology: 1695–1705 ill′ treat′ment, n … From formal English to slang
ill-treat — ill treats, ill treating, ill treated VERB If someone ill treats you, they treat you badly or cruelly. [V n] They thought Mr Smith had been ill treating his wife... [V n] They said they had not been ill treated but that their time in captivity… … English dictionary
ill-treat — [il′trēt′] vt. to treat unkindly, cruelly, or unfairly; harm; abuse; maltreat ill treatment n … English World dictionary
ill-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) … Useful english dictionary
ill-use — v. 1. to treat badly. Syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill treat. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill-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] … Dictionary of contemporary English
