abuse

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
2. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
3. (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
4. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
5. Catachresis.
6. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
7. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

Verb

1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
2. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
3. To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
4. 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.
5. To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
6. (obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
7. (obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
8. (obsolete) Disuse.

Συνώνυμα

insult

misuse

curse

reproach

revile

censure

scold

mistreat

slander

rebuke

affront

maltreat

swear

blame

ill-treat

offend

maltreatment

vilify

contumely

ill-use

defame

reviling

torture

swear at

swearing

vilification

mistreatment

violate

vituperate

wrong

harm

ill-usage

calumny

pervert

rape

revilement

invective

misappropriation

attack

👊

offence

abusive language

misapply

reprimand

rail

vice

quarrel

defamation

call names

berate

ill-treatment

scolding

libel

molest

objurgate

diss

spoil

outrage

overuse

hurt

persecute

foul language

misappropriate

torment

ravish

injure

reproof

reprove

misapplication

injury

asperse

rust

clapperclaw

taunt

take advantage of

slight

condemn

misdemeanour

violation

vituperation

slang

denunciation

protest

punish

put down

badmouth

cause anguish

look down upon

sexually assault

billingsgate

batter

blackguard

infringe

complain

destroy

criticise

misdemeanor

mock

bullyrag

slur

blaspheme

upbraiding

trespass

exploitation

mishandle

detraction

chide

use

cursing

beat

scoff

scoffing

blasphemy

bully

malpractice

scorn

offense

malign

oppress

kick around

harrow

become angry

disparage

hit

humiliate

speak ill of

shout

inveigh

assault

disparagement

bad habit

evil speaking

traduce

step

comb

contempt

object

sneer

crime

bad language

show off

skin

slag

slate

smear

snipe

snub

speak

🗣️

spear

spit

stab

strafe

subdue

swing

take apart

tap

taunting

tease

tee off

throw up

be cross with

throw mud at

give someone hell

tort

trample down

use abusive language

tread down

trouble

tyrannize

upbraid

uproar

vernacular

victimize

vilipend

wasteful

wave

👋

whip

wield

win

accuse falsely

Anglo-Saxon

be at

cash in on

comb down

come down on

criminal offence

filthy language

find fault with

harsh words

inveigh against

lay someone out

let into

pull strings

rail against

re-proof

take offense

talk to

treat cruelly

turn upside down

gather up completely

taking advantage of

scatter about

using to excess

bullying

use obscene language

unparliamentary language

verbal abuse

call bad name

cause suffering

scold severely

strong language

pleasure talk to

show contempt

be down on

be on at

bum-rap

call over the coals

mess about with

misemployment

rip into

scold for

give somebody hell

calum-niate

expression of censure

scurrilous language

treating with disrespect

use bad language

mud-slinging

slangwhang

violent language

warm language

warm words

yaff

feel nausea

make in confusion

over-run

scold angrily

give stick

blast on someone

chew somebody's ass out

get on somebody's ass

lay out someone

sling mud at

сall names

go off at smb.

give fits

bust chops

give somebody shit

trash someone

cut a beef

utter imprecations

tell someone Off

claw away

deal it out

go crook

ass-kick

let go with

give someone a tongue-lashing

ballock somebody

bollock somebody

give curry

ride a pony

abusiveness

slap someone's wrist

admonition

aggrieve

ail

annihilate

argument

assail

avail

ballyrag

ban

battery

🔋

bawl out

be after

bear

🐻

beating

belittle

blast

blessing

blow

blow up

brandish

bring up

brush with the law

call down

calumniate

cant

capitalise

charge

chastise

clobber

condemnation

conquer

contradict

contradiction

contravene

contravention

criticize

crucify

damage

damnation

darn

defalcate

defeat

degrade

delict

denigrate

denounce

deride

despoil

devastate

din

dishonour

display

dissipate

drub

embarrass

embezzle

embezzlement

encroach upon

entrench

evil

exploit

faint

feed

flame

flourish

fool

force

forge

get after

get at

graft

growl

harass

haze

hustle

ill treat

impinge

imprecate

indignity

infract

infraction

infringement

injustice

insolence

insulting

intemperance

invectives

inveigle

jostle

jump on

lambast

lay waste

lecture

lynch

mag

🔍

make fun of

malfeasance

malversation

menace

miff

misapprehension

miscall

misconduct

misemploy

mishandling

misunderstanding

misusage

mob

molestation

mortify

names

obloquy

oppression

opprobrium

overcome

overdose

peculate

peculation

perversion

pillage

play

pleasure

plunder

poke

profanation

ransack

rate

ravage

ravishment

repression

revise

ridicule

rot

row

sack

scorch

scurrility

shoot

Με παύλα ως

ab‧use

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əˈbjuːs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: abusen

In summary

From Middle English abusen, then from either Old French abus (“improper use”), or from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor (“make improper use of, consume, abuse”), from ab (“away”) + ūtor (“to use”). Equivalent to ab- + use.