abuse

• affront
• asperse
• aspersion
• assail
• attack
• backbite
• bad-mouth
• bad-mouthing
• bang up
• bash
• beat up
• beat up on
• belabor
• belittle
• belittlement
• berate
• billingsgate
• blackguard
• blackguardism
• blame
• blaspheme
• blasphemy
• blast
• bleed
• blow off
• broadside
• brutalize
• bully
• bung up
• burn
• calumniate
• cap
• castigate
• castigation
• censure
• chastise
• chastisement
• cheat
• chide
• commercialize
• commodify
• corrupt
• corruption
• crime
• criticism
• criticize
• curse
• curses
• cuss out
• cut down
• cut to the quick
• cut up
• damage
• debase
• debasement
• decry
• defamation
• defame
• defile
• defilement
• degrade
• delinquency
• deprave
• derision
• derogate
• desecrate
• desecration
• destruction
• diatribe
• discount
• disparage
• disparagement
• dissipate
• do a number on
• do an injustice to
• dump on
• epithet
• excoriate
• excoriation
• execrate
• execration
• exhaust
• expletive
• exploit
• exploitation
• fault
• fleece
• fulminate
• fulmination
• give a black eye
• harangue
• harass
• harm
• harry
• hose
• hosing
• hurl brickbat
• hurt
• ill-treat
• ill-treatment
• ill-usage
• ill-use
• impair
• impairment
• impose on
• imprecate
• imprecation
• injure
• injury
• injustice
• insult
• insults
• invective
• jerk around
• kick around
• kicking around
• knifing
• knock
• lambast
• lambaste
• leverage
• libel
• light into
• malediction
• malevolence
• maltreat
• maltreatment
• manhandle
• manhandling
• manipulate
• mar
• mess over
• mess up
• milk
• minimize
• misapplication
• misapply
• misconduct
• misdeed
• misemploy
• misemployment
• mishandle
• mishandling
• mismanage
• mismanagement
• mismanaging
• mistreat
• mistreatment
• misusage
• misuse
• misutilization
• molest
• nag
• obloquy
• offend
• offense
• oppress
• opprobrium
• outrage
• overburden
• overcharge
• overtax
• overwork
• persecute
• perversion
• pervert
• pick on
• pimp
• polemic
• pollute
• pollution
• potshot
• profanation
• profane
• profanity
• prostitute
• prostitution
• pushing around
• put down
• put-down
• quinine
• rag on
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• reproof
• revile
• revilement
• ride
• rip up
• rough up
• roughhouse
• ruin
• run down
• sail into
• sandbag
• savage
• scathe
• scold
• scolding
• scurrility
• shake up
• signify
• signifying
• sin
• skin
• slam
• slander
• slap
• sling mud
• slur
• smear
• soak
• sound
• spoil
• spoiling
• squander
• stick
• swear at
• swearing
• swearword
• taint
• take apart
• tear apart
• tie into
• tirade
• torment
• torture
• total
• trade on
• traduce
• trash
• twist
• upbraid
• upbraiding
• use
• victimize
• vilification
• vilify
• violate
• violation
• vitriol
• vituperate
• vituperation
• walk on
• waste
• wax
• whip
• work
• wrecking
• wrong
• wrongdoing
• zing

• acclaim
• acclamation
• adulate
• adulation
• advantage
• aid
• applause
• application
• apply
• approval
• approve
• assist
• baby
• benefit
• blarney
• blessing
• care for
• cherish
• clean
• coddle
• commend
• commendation
• compliment
• compliments
• congratulations
• defend
• employ
• employment
• endearments
• esteem
• exalt
• exaltation
• favor
• felicitations
• flatter
• flattery
• foster
• good
• good deed
• goodness
• gratify
• grow
• hail
• help
• hoard
• honor
• humor
• improve
• indulge
• kindness
• laud
• mollycoddle
• nurture
• obedience
• overpraise
• pamper
• plaudit
• please
• pleasure
• praise
• preservation
• preserve
• prize
• protect
• purify
• respect
• revere
• sanctify
• save
• soft soap
• spoil
• treasure
• treat well
• use
• utilization
• utilize

• noun
  1. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
  2. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
  3. A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
  4. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
  5. Catachresis.
  6. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
  7. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
• verb
  1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert.
  2. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
  3. To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
  4. To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
  5. To violate; defile; to rape.
  6. Misrepresent; adulterate.
  7. To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
  8. Disuse.

• Abuse of power can lead to serious consequences in any organization.
• It's crucial to raise awareness about the various forms of abuse to prevent them from occurring.
• She bravely spoke out against the abuse she endured in her previous relationship.
• The company implemented strict policies to address workplace abuse and harassment.
• Animal shelters provide refuge for pets that have suffered from neglect or abuse.

damage

damn

name

backstabbing

call down

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