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Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience..

Revilement :: Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse..

Downtrodden :: Downtrodden (a.) Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.

Misusage :: Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child..

Disabused :: Disabused (imp. & p. p.) of Disabus.

Vilification :: Vilification (n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.

Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language..

Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.

Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.

Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties..

Revile :: Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

Blaspheme :: Blaspheme (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse..

Abuseful :: Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive.

Misimprove :: Misimprove (v. t.) To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc..

Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

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