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Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..

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

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

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..

Bismer :: Bismer (n.) Shame; abuse.

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..

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

Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

Syllabi :: Syllabuses (pl. ) of Syllabu.

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Outrage :: Outrage (n.) To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..

Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

License :: License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety..

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..

Scurrility :: Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.

Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..

Jaw :: Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.

Maltreament :: Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service..

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