Abusing

What do we mean by abusing?

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert

To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.

To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.

To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.

To violate; defile; to rape.

Misrepresent; adulterate.

To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.

Disuse.

Words that are spelled similarly to abusing:
abusing, amusing, busing, abasing.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word abusing:
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Words that rhyme with abusing:
musing, amusing, using, losing, perusing, confusing, cruising, bruising, choosing, accusing, boozing, diffusing, recusing, fusing, defusing, schmoozing, infusing, snoozing, dossing, sousing, reusing, suffusing, excusing, refusing, overusing, misusing, fuzing, shmoozing, jews hung, shoes hung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe abusing:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective abusing:
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Words that sound like abusing:
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