abuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: misuse |
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(noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment |
(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: contumely, insult, revilement, vilification |
(verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
(verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
(verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
(verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
abused | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated |
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(adjective) used improperly or excessively especially drugs | - |
abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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abusive | (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment | - |
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(adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous |
abusively | (adverb) in an abusive manner | - |
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babushka | (noun) a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women | - |
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disabuse | (verb) free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | - |
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disabused | (adjective) freed of a mistaken or misguided notion | Synonyms: undeceived |
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syllabus | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, program, programme |
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unabused | (adjective) not physically abused; treated properly | - |
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