to abuse
95
4.2
- verb
- /əˈbjus/
- Offensive
:
insultar
- It's unacceptable to abuse someone just because they disagree with you.
- verbally abuse someone
You know, that you don't embarrass them or abuse them or you know what I mean?
- You know, that you don't embarrass them or abuse them or you know what I mean?
- There was one video verbally abusing, you know, Oh, that made the cut.
- The kids in the play yard point and tease and ridicule and abuse and be.
- Paraton Logismone right then the person abuses themselves, meaning says abusive things to themselves.
- So look, you know, it, it, it's almost the sort of way of trying to close down debate, throw abuse, call people this, call people that.
- And so when we entered that acting class, John Homa was yelling at us, screaming at us, verbally abusing US, threatening us.
- I don't need to then abuse people on Twitter, like to get to feel powerful, to feel strong.
- They have abused me personally, just like you.
- They just feel like they can just talk to them anyway, abuse them in any way.
Examples
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They just feel like they can just talk to them anyway, abuse them in any way.
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Did you come here to eat or to abuse me?
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OK, I come here, I abuse the damn place for two or three weeks.
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Hey, only I can abuse things.
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Want to abuse me some more?
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Everybody at that school either wants to ignore or abuse me, so I stopped trying to be liked by them.
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And that's the person that many times we abuse the most.
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I don't let anyone abuse me.
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She was shocked to hear him abuse his colleague during the meeting.
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The coach would never abuse his players verbally; he always encourages them instead.
Synonyms
543
2.1
To say or do something rude to someone
192
4.1
To say bad words in anger
29
5.8
To attack someone strongly in speech or writing
5
7.5
Say insulting, bragging words to make someone angry or nervous
1
7.7
To say insulting things about someone to harm their reputation
1
9.9
To insult someone using very rude words
To attack someone with angry words
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Compounds
- Offensive
86
3.7
Harming children physically, emotionally or sexually, often by an adult who looks after them
- NSFW
34
2.8
Using illegal or harmful drugs too often so they harm a person's health and life
- NSFW
1
5.8
A drug taken for pleasure that changes how you think and can cause addiction or harm
- Specialized
Harmful heavy drinking that often causes addiction and health problems
How Insulting
43
7.9
36
7.2
- Offensive
95
4.2
- Offensive
313
1.3
701
3.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abuse comes from Latin parts ab- ('away') and uti ('to use'), originally meaning 'to use wrongly'. To abuse someone with words is to 'use' speech to hurt or insult them rather than to speak kindly.