Definition for Ill-treat:

• treat badly; " This boss abuses his workers"; " She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

Synonyms for Ill-treat:

• n.

  •
  • trample,
  • oppress,
  • hit out,
  • reject,
  • do someone wrong,
  • grind down,
  • shove around.
  •
  • help.
  •abuse (noun)
  • hurt.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • hose,
  • violate,
  • cut up,
  • impair,
  • mess up*,
  • defile,
  • desecrate,
  • beat up,
  • total*,
  • shake up,
  • deprave,
  • damage,
  • rough up,
  • victimize,
  • wax.
  •corrupt (verb)
  • blemish,
  • dishonor,
  • debauch,
  • contaminate,
  • decay,
  • bribe,
  • disfigure,
  • despoil,
  • square,
  • demoralize,
  • bastardize,
  • putrefy,
  • rot,
  • subvert,
  • lower,
  • fix,
  • pull down,
  • injure,
  • suborn,
  • disgrace,
  • lure,
  • blight,
  • stain,
  • vitiate,
  • outrage,
  • undermine,
  • decompose,
  • ravage,
  • animalize,
  • degrade,
  • abase,
  • demean,
  • adulterate,
  • deform,
  • depreciate,
  • reduce,
  • deface,
  • debase.
  •crucify (verb)
  • ridicule,
  • smite,
  • pan,
  • torment,
  • torture,
  • try,
  • afflict,
  • bedevil,
  • bother,
  • agonize.
  •harm (verb)
  • maim,
  • louse up,
  • bruise,
  • nick,
  • total,
  • sabotage,
  • traumatize,
  • shatter,
  • sap*,
  • tweak*,
  • stab,
  • Disserve,
  • incommode,
  • prejudice,
  • put down,
  • wreck,
  • wrench,
  • crush,
  • discommode,
  • cripple,
  • wound,
  • wing*,
  • mutilate,
  • inconvenience,
  • tarnish,
  • shock,
  • get,
  • mangle,
  • scathe,
  • zing.
  •ill-treat (verb)
  • squander,
  • taint,
  • spoil,
  • waste,
  • Misemploy,
  • prostitute,
  • dissipate,
  • overburden,
  • overwork,
  • exhaust.
  •ill-use (verb)
  • ill use,
  • over-burdening,
  • over worked,
  • over-taxing,
  • over tax,
  • over taxes,
  • over-works,
  • over burdens,
  • illused,
  • over burden,
  • over-tax,
  • over works,
  • over-taxed,
  • over working,
  • over-worked,
  • over burdening,
  • over-burdened,
  • over-taxes,
  • over taxing,
  • over burdened.
  •maul (verb)
  • pound,
  • lean on,
  • paste,
  • HIT,
  • skin,
  • take care of,
  • knock around,
  • let have it,
  • beat,
  • batter,
  • lash,
  • claw,
  • lacerate,
  • thrash,
  • put in the hospital,
  • work over,
  • paw,
  • pummel,
  • mug,
  • flagellate,
  • drub,
  • clean,
  • knock about,
  • handle roughly,
  • flail,
  • buffet,
  • break face,
  • bash,
  • whip,
  • bludgeon,
  • bang,
  • muscle,
  • pelt.
  •mistreat (verb)
  • mis treat,
  • mis-treats,
  • mis treated,
  • mis-treat,
  • mis-treating,
  • mis treats,
  • mis-treated,
  • mis treating.
  •misuse (verb)
  • pervert,
  • go through,
  • profane,
  • misapply,
  • blow*,
  • exploit,
  • run through.
  •outrage (verb)
  • force,
  • burn up,
  • boil over,
  • reach boiling point,
  • jar,
  • deflower,
  • incense,
  • scandalize,
  • raise Cain,
  • kick up a row,
  • rape,
  • madden,
  • ill- treat,
  • infuriate,
  • make hit the ceiling,
  • whip up,
  • fire up.
  •persecute (verb)
  • expel,
  • exile,
  • pester,
  • vex,
  • bait,
  • pick on,
  • distress,
  • dog*,
  • pursue,
  • worry,
  • tease,
  • hunt.
  •wrong (verb)
  • cheat,
  • misrepresent.

• Other synonyms:

  •maul
  • bludgeoned,
  • leaning on,
  • bludgeoning,
  • takes care of,
  • took care of,
  • worked over,
  • Mauled,
  • Muscling,
  • paws,
  • Muscled.
  •misuse
  • Misapplied.
  •wrong
  • imposed upon,
  • imposes upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • offend,
  • pace,
  • vituperate,
  • reproach,
  • savage,
  • treat roughly,
  • insult,
  • belabour,
  • affront,
  • annoy,
  • tread,
  • subdue,
  • accost,
  • slander,
  • trounce,
  • deceive,
  • badger,
  • wear away,
  • hector,
  • attack,
  • calumniate,
  • aggrieve,
  • tyrannize,
  • subjugate,
  • manhandle,
  • hound,
  • disparage,
  • clobber,
  • harass,
  • vilify,
  • take advantage of,
  • slight,
  • malodorous,
  • shout,
  • clapperclaw,
  • betray,
  • Upon,
  • meddle with,
  • asperse,
  • discredit,
  • plague,
  • wear down,
  • interfere with,
  • blackguard,
  • defame,
  • revile,
  • martyr,
  • bully,
  • impose upon,
  • rough,
  • malign,
  • dishonour,
  • punish,
  • harry,
  • ravish,
  • suppress,
  • grind.

Paraphrases for Ill-treat:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    mistreat.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    ill-treating.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    ill-treatment.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    abuse, ill-treatment.

Antonyms for Ill-treat:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    gratify, conserve, benefit, tend, protect, indulge, consider, baby, nurture, extol, regard, praise, uphold, Panegyrize, mollycoddle, eulogize, laud, shield, applaud, vindicate, respect, sustain.