💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mistreating"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| maltreatverb | To treat badly, to abuse. |
| ill-treatverb | To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat. |
| ill-useverb | To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly. |
| abuseverb | Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. |
| abusingverb | (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert |
| ill-treatmentnoun | bad, unkind or abusive treatment |
| maltreatingverb | To treat badly, to abuse. |
| treatingnoun | Treatment. |
| maltreatmentnoun | Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. |
| maltreatsverb | To treat badly, to abuse. |
| maltreated | physically abused |
| mishandlingnoun | Incorrect handling; mismanagement. |
| illtreatverb | Alternative form of ill-treat. [To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat.] |
| mishandledverb | (transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation. |
| abusive | Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse. |
| tormenting | Involving or causing torment. |
| misbehaviornoun | (American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected. |
| verbal abuse | (also known as verbal aggression, verbal attack, verbal violence, verbal assault, psychic aggression, or psychic violence) a type of psychological/mental abuse that involves the use of oral or written language directed to a victim. |
| mishandleverb | (transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation. |
| torturingverb | An act of torture |
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