abusing

Meaning of abusing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
    the judge abused his power by imposing the fines
  2. treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.
    riders who abuse their horses should be prosecuted
  3. speak to (someone) in an insulting and offensive way.
    the referee was abused by players from both teams

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abus- ‘misused’, from the verb abuti, from ab- ‘away’ (i.e. ‘wrongly’) + uti ‘to use’.

Information about abusing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of abusing

abus-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • abusing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

abusing synonyms

Meaning use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose:

misuse

Meaning use (something) for the wrong purpose or in the wrong way:

misapply

Meaning employ or use (something) wrongly or improperly:

misemploy

Meaning manage or deal with (something) wrongly or ineffectively:

mishandle

Meaning benefit unfairly from the work of (someone), typically by overworking or underpaying them:

exploit

Meaning distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):

pervert

Meaning treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly:

mistreat

Meaning treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence:

maltreat

Meaning handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing:

manhandle

Meaning (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing:

maul

Meaning assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually:

molest

Meaning fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure roughly or clumsily, or without the person's consent:

grope

Meaning make a physical attack on:

assault

Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:

hit

Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:

strike

Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:

beat

Meaning do injustice or wrong to (someone):

injure

Meaning cause pain or injury to:

hurt

Meaning physically injure:

harm

Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:

damage

Meaning mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent:

wrong

Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):

bully

Meaning subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs:

persecute

Meaning keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority:

oppress

Meaning inflict severe pain or suffering on:

torture

Meaning speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse:

insult

Meaning invoke or use a curse against:

curse

Meaning provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks:

taunt

Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:

scold

Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:

rebuke

Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:

upbraid

Meaning reprimand (someone):

reprove

Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:

castigate

Meaning dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question:

impugn

Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:

slur

Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:

revile

Meaning coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance:

smear

Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:

vilify

Meaning make false and damaging statements about (someone):

slander

Meaning defame (someone) by publishing a libel:

libel

Meaning cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful:

offend

Meaning insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:

slight

Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:

disparage

Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:

denigrate

Meaning damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel:

defame

Meaning call (something) by a wrong or inappropriate name:

miscall

abusing antonyms

Meaning politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something:

compliment

Meaning lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests:

flatter

Anagrams of abusing

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