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abuse English

Meaning abuse meaning

What does abuse mean?
Definitions in simple English

abuse Noun

— Abuse is touching or acting towards someone in a way that will likely hurt them. The girls suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse from their father.

abuse Verb

— If you abuse something, you misuse it; you use something improperly. — If you abuse something, you injure it; you hurt it; you treat it with cruelty or damage it. — If you abuse somebody, you rape them; you assault them. — If you abuse somebody, you berate them; you insult or revile them. Child abuse is prohibited in America.

abuse

— verb (= step) treat badly This boss abuses his workers She is always stepping on others to get ahead — verb (= misuse) change the inherent purpose or function of something Don't abuse the system The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers — noun cruel or inhumane treatment the child showed signs of physical abuse — noun (= insult) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse they yelled insults at the visiting team — verb use wrongly or improperly or excessively Her husband often abuses alcohol while she was pregnant, she abused drugs — verb (= shout) use foul or abusive language towards The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket The angry mother shouted at the teacher — noun improper or excessive use alcohol abuse the abuse of public funds

Synonyms abuse synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as abuse?

abuse English » English

insult misuse curse reproach revile scold censure mistreat slander rebuke swear maltreat affront ill-treat blame offend vilify maltreatment contumely torture reviling ill-use defame wrong vituperate violate vilification swearing swear at revilement rape pervert mistreatment invective ill-usage harm calumny vice scolding reprimand rail quarrel offence misappropriation misapply ill-treatment defamation call names berate attack

Topics abuse topics

What do people use abuse to talk about?
Person Life Sexual relations

Sexual immorality
Person Healthy

Injure
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Work and occupation Work Method

Use

  • What words refer to using something in the wrong way?
    abuse misuse
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Rebuke

Conjugation abuse conjugation

How do you conjugate abuse?

abuse · verb

Examples abuse examples

How do I use abuse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tonight, a young man got into enclosure and tried to sexually abuse some sheep.
People exploit and abuse animals at will.
Tom is suspected of child abuse.
We don't need to kill, torture, abuse and exploit animals to have all necessary nutrients for adequate lives.
She walked out on her boyfriend after three years of abuse.
Child abuse is against the law.
They're against animal abuse.
People shouldn't abuse animals.
One must not abuse animals.
The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.
I'm against any kind of abuse.
Evil comes not from technique, but from those who abuse it.
How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
Tom has a history of drug abuse.
The defendant has no history of drug abuse.
It's an abuse of power.
Every person has the power to abuse their privileges.
The taxi driver couldn't take Mary's abuse anymore and left her at an abandoned factory.
He flung a stream of abuse at me.
Sexual abuse victims often disassociate from their trauma.
Everyone has the right to be stupid. Some people just abuse that privilege.
The abuse of alcohol among young people is a serious problem.
Less than five percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are female.
That's an abuse of authority.
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
Sami was technically a good doctor, but his alcohol abuse prevented him from practising.

Movie subtitles

I don't deal well with-- Abuse is not something that.
Your son wrenched the knowledge from mr. Dawker by abuse and tricks, that's all.
How could you abuse your own children in such a way?
You're young and smart. Above all, don't abuse your freedom.
Linger your patience on and we'll digest the abuse of distance, force a play.
That scrupulous Totsky, that godfather sent from heaven to watch over me has profited of my 16 year old innocence to abuse me.
I meant to heap abuse on you but seeing you.
Now o'er the one halfworld nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtain'd sleep.
It's an abuse of taxes!
Now, don't abuse the privilege.
You're not to abuse him physically. nor degrade his dignity as a human being.
Don't abuse the situation.
This man will never abuse you.
The thing is that people abuse the word much too often nowadays.
If you abuse it, you'll answer to me.
The abuse of the name and persona of Sherlock Holmes.
None of us want to abuse children.
Above all, don't abuse your freedom. You'll be fine.
Humiliation and abuse from Lestrade of all people.
I've told a dozen times not to abuse the patients.
Your Aunt, she's on my side. She wouldn't let your father abuse me.
My father won't abuse you.
Don't abuse him, Father.
We're in our prime and they're retiring us. It's an abuse of the tax-payers' money.
There is no justification for someone that disobeys trying to abuse a poor woman.
Take a shapely feminine arm. that embraces us, if we are lucky. Sounds cuckoo. forgive me, I didn't mean to abuse.
You can't abuse the laws of hospitality.
I'm used to abuse.
I don't wish to abuse your gracious attention any longer but hope that you will understand my client.
Linger your patience on; and we'll digest the abuse of distance.
There's more abuse than praise.
They know too that while we do possess such large economic strength, that we do not abuse that strength.
There's no cheating nor abuse!
Everything's ridiculous, it's an abuse!
But even some of the honest men abuse their power in other ways.
It must be for abuse of confidence?
That's an abuse of power.

News and current affairs

The notion that a dictator can claim the sovereign right to abuse his people has become unacceptable.
In response, the World Bank agreed that there are instances of abuse in land acquisition, particularly in developing countries in which governance is weak, and said that it supported more transparent and inclusive participation.
Any dictator, from Saddam Hussein to Robert Mugabe, could take pride in this abuse of power.
Another letter writer, a distinguished professor of psychiatry and psychology, reported receiving a call from the White House about his nomination to serve on the National Council on Drug Abuse.
Abuse of power is evil, but power itself is not.
Studies in Washington State show that home visits from trained staff can reduce child abuse, improve children's quality of life and physical and mental health, and reduce child-welfare and litigation costs.
Indeed, throughout the former Soviet bloc, there is a disturbing trend in using outdated, conservative, and heavy-handed policies to address drug abuse.
Though many countries have enacted laws forbidding the use--and abuse--of children in the work force, optimism about the conditions faced by working children is unwarranted.
The outside world is not helpless in fighting against China's abuse of psychiatry.
Second, too many governments - particularly in rich countries - fail to invest political capital in preventing and treating drug abuse.
Clearly, the ultimate challenge is to prevent drug abuse and to treat and rehabilitate drug users successfully.
So property rights rely on courts and legal enforcement, and markets depend on regulators to rein in abuse and fix market failures.
It also requires leaders to trust others that they will not abuse the faith placed in them.
The first thing any society can and should do is deny respectability to political and business leaders who willfully abuse the public trust.
By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.
But laws and policies alone are not sufficient to protect women from horrific domestic abuse.
For example, if family members beat or abuse a woman, she has few options.
Although rapidly aging Western countries are unable to attract the immigrants they need, they allow millions who are already there to suffer discrimination and abuse.
The abuse of Germany has dragged on for quite some time.
Of course, Thaksin's rule had a dark underside: corruption, legislated conflicts of interest, cronyism, human rights violations, and abuse of power, among other evidence of misrule.
But multilateralism is a global insurance policy against abuse of power by any state.
After all, the protesters of the Arab Spring did not need to use - and abuse - Islam to achieve their ends.
All of today's developments - cyber, bio, or nano - will create new risks of abuse.
Meanwhile, through arrests, threats, and bribery, authorities are forcing villagers to withdraw accounts of abuse and back out of their lawsuits, warning of the dire consequences of cooperating with Chen and the lawyers.

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