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Antonyms for ill-use


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb il-yooz; noun il-yoos
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɪlˈyuz; noun ˈɪlˈyus



Definition of ill-use

  • verb abuse
Example sentences :
  • He preached it to his daughter that the fellow might ill-use her in some way.
  • Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
  • When he entered the house she said, 'Why did you allow them to ill-use my son.'
  • Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead
  • For them, who now ill-use you, you have gone through life but half a man.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Yes, we may so ill-use our bodies that the watchman sleeps at his post!
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • He will ill-use us all,—and yet, major, you are going to leave us.
  • Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller
  • There was nobody to tease or ill-use him, and he was never ill.
  • Extract from : « The Little Lame Prince » by Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik
  • They beat and ill-use me, Dick; and I am going to seek my fortune, some long way off.
  • Extract from : « Oliver Twist, Illustrated » by Charles Dickens
  • He said we should have his money, and hoped we would not ill-use him.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 » by Camden Pelham
  • There did he find and ill-use a beautiful Saxon girl, who did resist him with many tears.
  • Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne
  • Those whom he hated he did not ill-use beyond the limits of justice.
  • Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for ill-use

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