ABUSES Synonyms

• censure severely or angrily

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• a notable achievement

• use or manipulate to one's advantage

• draw from; make good use of

• work excessively hard

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

• treat, mention, or speak to rudely

• treat badly

• treat badly

• the act of mocking or ridiculing

• constituting a copy or imitation of something

• treat with contempt

• imitate with mockery and derision

• cause to feel resentment or indignation

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• hurt the feelings of

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer

• cause to suffer

• spread negative information about

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

• open disrespect for a person or thing

• look down on with disdain

• reject with contempt

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

• a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

• the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

• annoy persistently

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

• tear into pieces

• raise the nap of (fabrics)

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• separate the fibers of

• mock or make fun of playfully

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• coerce by violence or with threats

• fill with terror; frighten greatly