abuse

I. v. a.

1.

Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, dishonor, profane, pollute, make an ill use of, deceive, impose on, betray, cajole, seduce by cajolery.

2.

Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.

3.

Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, inveigh against, carp at, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, betongue, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, pasquinade, rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, calumniate, treat with contumely, pour contumely on. See vituperate.

4.

Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.

II. n.

1.

Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, dishonor, dishonoring, profanation, prostitution, desecration, pollution, perversion, ill-use.

2.

Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.

3.

Corrupt practice, malfeasance, malversation.

4.

Vituperation, railing, reviling, vilification, defamation, aspersion, disparagement, rating, upbraiding, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, foul invective, rude reproach, billingsgate.