400+ Words That Rhyme With OVERUSE

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• select as an alternative over another

• see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

• bring an accusation against; level a charge against

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• improper or excessive use

• treat badly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• use foul or abusive language towards

• use wrongly or improperly or excessively

• the act of using

• what something is used for

• a particular service

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• take or consume (regularly or habitually)

• use up, consume fully

• seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage

• avail oneself to

• habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)

• a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

• a state of depression

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure

• travel at a moderate speed

• look for a sexual partner in a public place

• sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• make (somebody) laugh

• remove the triggering device from

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• spread out; not concentrated in one place

• lacking conciseness

• move outward

• spread or diffuse through

• cause to become widely known

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• information about recent and important events

• information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

• a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary

• informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone

• the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

• a particular situation

• (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

• mistake one thing for another

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• cause to feel embarrassment

• assemble without order or sense

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

• mix together different elements

• become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat

• equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse

• make liquid or plastic by heating

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• the source of an artist's inspiration

• in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

• reflect deeply on a subject

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• examine or consider with attention and in detail

• any thick, viscous matter

• the process of seeping

• pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

• release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time

• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

• fill, as with a certain quality

• undergo the process of infusion

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

• introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes

• impart gradually

• pour out of one vessel into another

• treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

• give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

• You (plural).

• You (singular).

• free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

• an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God

• cause to feel enthusiasm

• utter with enthusiasm

• a line of approach

• a wide street or thoroughfare

• a shade of green tinged with yellow

• aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France

• of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur

• the cords used to suspend a hammock

• an informal conversation

• talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

• cause to be confused emotionally

• cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

• to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light

• a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it

• use again after processing

• owed and payable immediately or on demand

• suitable to or expected in the circumstances

• that which is deserved or owed

• a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

• directly or exactly; straight

• scheduled to arrive

• capable of being assigned or credited to

• small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)

• disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case

• challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

• female sheep

• a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana

• a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin

• make or shape as with an axe

• strike with an axe; cut down, strike

• the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

• take on color or become colored

• suffuse with color

• long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

• follow in or as if in pursuit

• go in search of or hunt for

• carry further or advance

• a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

• (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted

• a braid of hair at the back of the head

• form a queue, form a line, stand in line

• a new appraisal or evaluation

• an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

• a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

• (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

• a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

• a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

• (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

• practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

• a formal or official examination

• look at again; examine again

• appraise critically

• hold a review (of troops)

• refresh one's memory

• look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

• a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians