Definition of abuse

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Abuse (v. t.) Physical ill treatment; injury.

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Broadside :: Broadside (n.) A volley of abuse or denunciation.
Outrage :: Outrage (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Scurrilous :: Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language..
Scurrility :: Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse..
Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.
Profane :: Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Abused :: Abused (imp. & p. p.) of Abus.
Abuser :: Abuser (n.) One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him..
Maltreament :: Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..
Revile :: Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
Misuse :: Misuse (v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Vituperative :: Vituperative (a.) Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive..
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