All abuse synonyms

verb abuse

• offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
• revile — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• pervert — to affect with perversion.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• violate — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
• maltreat — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
• impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
• corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
• persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• mistreat — to treat badly or abusively.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• molest — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
• beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
• victimize — to make a victim of.
• squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
• overtax — to tax too heavily.
• signify — to make known by signs, speech, or action.
• slap — a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
• vituperate — to berate or rail (against) abusively; revile
• zing — vitality, animation, or zest.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• vilify — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
• calumniate — to slander
• nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• decry — If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• derogate — to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract
• discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
• sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
• minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
• smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
• ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
• cap — A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
• defame — If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
• berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
• use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
• defile — To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.