treat+unjustly

  • 1treat — I UK [triːt] / US [trɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms treat : present tense I/you/we/they treat he/she/it treats present participle treating past tense treated past participle treated *** 1) to behave towards someone in a particular way She felt… …

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  • 2treat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, real, special ▪ little ▪ I like to give the girls a little treat every now and then. ▪ o …

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  • 3treat*/*/*/ — [triːt] verb [T] I 1) to behave towards someone in a particular way Rachel felt she had been unfairly treated.[/ex] They treat their guests very well.[/ex] I wish you would stop treating me like a child![/ex] Dean always treated my grandfather… …

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  • 4unjustly — adv. Unjustly is used with these adjectives: ↑neglected Unjustly is used with these verbs: ↑accuse, ↑blame, ↑imprison, ↑treat …

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  • 5wrong — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. immoral (see wrong); mistaken, unfactual; unsuitable, improper. See error, disagreement. n. evil, harm, injury. See wrong, malevolence. II Deviation from moral right Nouns 1. wrong, wrongfulness …

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  • 6persecute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. molest, oppress, maltreat, pursue, beset; abuse, injure; hound, annoy, trouble. See malevolence, pain, badness, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To oppress, especially for religious reasons] Syn.… …

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  • 7oppress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. persecute, burden, crush, afflict, grieve, load, de press; overbear, compress, overtax, overburden; tyrannize. See malevolence, badness, severity, subjection, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trouble …

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  • 8outrage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. violence, wrong, affront, harm, damage, injury, abuse; transgression, infraction, violation. See evil, badness, disrespect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indignity, abuse, affront; see insult . v. Syn.… …

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  • 9aggrieve — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wrong, oppress, abuse; see wrong . See Synonym Study at wrong . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. distress, wrong, disturb, hurt, injure, offend, slight, trouble, wound. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause suffering… …

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  • 10injure — v. a. 1. Maltreat, wrong, abuse, do wrong to, do an ill office to, treat unjustly. 2. Harm, hurt, damage, spoil, impair, mar, disfigure, do harm to …

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