abusing
Meaning of abusing
verb, gerund or present participle
- use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
the judge abused his power by imposing the fines
- treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.
riders who abuse their horses should be prosecuted
- speak to (someone) in an insulting and offensive way.
the referee was abused by players from both teams
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin abus- ‘misused’, from the verb abuti, from ab- ‘away’ (i.e. ‘wrongly’) + uti ‘to use’.
Information about abusing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of abusing
abus-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- abusing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
abusing synonyms
Meaning use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose:
Meaning use (something) for the wrong purpose or in the wrong way:
Meaning employ or use (something) wrongly or improperly:
Meaning manage or deal with (something) wrongly or ineffectively:
Meaning benefit unfairly from the work of (someone), typically by overworking or underpaying them:
Meaning distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):
Meaning treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly:
Meaning treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence:
Meaning handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing:
Meaning (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing:
Meaning assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually:
Meaning fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure roughly or clumsily, or without the person's consent:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning do injustice or wrong to (someone):
Meaning cause pain or injury to:
Meaning physically injure:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs:
Meaning keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority:
Meaning inflict severe pain or suffering on:
Meaning speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse:
Meaning invoke or use a curse against:
Meaning provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks:
Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:
Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:
Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:
Meaning reprimand (someone):
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question:
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:
Meaning coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance:
Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
Meaning make false and damaging statements about (someone):
Meaning defame (someone) by publishing a libel:
Meaning cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful:
Meaning insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel:
Meaning call (something) by a wrong or inappropriate name:
abusing antonyms
Meaning politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something:
Meaning lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests:
Anagrams of abusing
Words that rhyme with abusing
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