Abuse

What do we mean by abuse?

To use improperly or excessively; misuse. transitive verb

To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use. transitive verb

To force sexual activity on; rape or molest. transitive verb

To assail with insulting or hurtful words; revile. transitive verb

To deceive or trick. transitive verb

Improper or excessive use; misuse. noun

Rough treatment or use. noun

Physical maltreatment or violence. noun

Sexual abuse. noun

Insulting or hurtful language, especially when used to threaten or demoralize. noun

An unjust or wrongful practice. noun

(abuse oneself) To masturbate. idiom

Ill use; improper treatment or employment; application to a wrong purpose; improper use or application: as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of religious privileges; abuse of advantages; abuse of words. noun

Ill treatment of a person; injury; insult; dishonor; especially, ill treatment in words; contumelious language. noun

A corrupt practice or custom; an offense; a crime; a fault: as, the abuses of government. noun

Violation; defilement: as, self-abuse. Deception. noun

Abuse, Invective, maltreatment, outrage; vituperation, contumely, scolding, reviling, aspersion, slander, obloquy. (See invective.) “ Abuse as compared with invective is more personal and coarse, being conveyed in harsh and unseemly terms, and dictated by angry feeling and bitter temper. Invective is more commonly aimed at character or conduct, and may be conveyed in writing and in refined language, and dictated by indignation against what is in itself blameworthy. It often, however, means public abuse under such restraints as are imposed by position and education.” noun

To use ill; misuse; put to a wrong or bad use; divert from the proper use; misapply: as, to abuse rights or privileges; to abuse words.

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Misuse; improper use; perversion.

A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

Catachresis.

Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.

Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

An destructive act towards someone that can cause mental and/or physical damage Urban Dictionary

To use something excessively. Urban Dictionary

Asian parents Urban Dictionary

1. To Hit A person or use violence against them 2. To verbally abuse a person 3. To psychologically abuse a person 4. To stalk a person Urban Dictionary

1) To physically hit someone. 2) To bang sometihng e.g. block of bread: bread abuse. 3) To hurt someone by hitting, kicking, slapping, punching. 4) To hit an animal; animal abuse. So abuse means to hit someone or something physically. Urban Dictionary

A kick-ass 2d shooting network game for the mac. Urban Dictionary

Exclamation. Used during poker when an unexpected play happens. Urban Dictionary

When a man slaps a woman with his palm side. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is a danger to human beings. Abuse can take many different forms. Abusers can use prolonged abuse tactics over a long period of time to try to control, harm or damage someones reputation and/or to physically or psychologically harm them. Urban Dictionary

A fucking dickhead who treats people like fucking shit like throwing, slapping, beating, pinching, whipping, kicking, beating, or anything else that physically hurts, mostly leaving bruises, cuts, and a broken soul. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to abuse:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word abuse:
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Words that rhyme with abuse:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe abuse:
sexual, physical, verbal, elder, emotional, child, domestic, personal, psychological, much, chronic, spousal, possible, adolescent, severe, gross, further, serious, parental, laxative, intravenous, self, violent, potential, widespread, alleged, suspected, past, drug, flagrant, incestuous, satanic, maternal, intrafamilial, vocal, vulgar, solvent, grave, racial, extreme, cocaine, frequent, institutional, continued, systematic, ongoing, virulent, intimate, prior, coarse, scurrilous, ritualistic, worst, foul, fatal, excessive, anti, elderly, vile, criminal, racist, opiate, narcotic, extrafamilial.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective abuse:
survivors, related, free, sake, prevention.

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