Definition of abuse

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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..

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Scurrilous :: Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language..
Revile :: Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..
Questman :: Questman (n.) One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures..
Jaw :: Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power..
Malign :: Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
Misusage :: Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; 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..
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Scurrility :: Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
Maltreat :: Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification..
Insulting :: Insulting (a.) Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc..
Profane :: Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..
Tirade :: Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
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