| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
Synonyms: |
bang up, beat up, bung up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
| Main Entry: | bruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break blood vessel; discolor |
Synonyms: |
bang up, batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, bung up, contuse, crush, damage, deface, do a number on, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing |
| Main Entry: | mistreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | treat badly or wrongly |
Synonyms: |
abuse, backbite, bash, brutalize, bung up, chop, do wrong, dump on, give black eye, handle roughly, harm, injure, kick around, knock around, maltreat, maul, mess up, misuse, molest, outrage, push around, rip, rough up, roughhouse, shake up, total*, trash*, wax, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
coddle, favor, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, treat well |
| Main Entry: | manhandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push |
Synonyms: |
abuse, batter, beat, bung up, damage, handle, knock about, maltreat, mangle, maul, mistreat, paw, pull, push, rough up, roughhouse, slap around |