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Antonyms for illtreat
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : il-treet |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪlˈtrit |
- acclaim
- adorn
- adulate
- aid
- approve
- assist
- be careful
- beautify
- benefit
- better
- bless
- boost
- build
- calm
- care
- care for
- chasten
- cheer
- cherish
- clean
- cleanse
- coddle
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- console
- create
- credit
- cure
- decorate
- defend
- delight
- develop
- dignify
- elevate
- embellish
- enhance
- esteem
- exalt
- favor
- fix
- flatter
- flourish
- gladden
- grow
- guard
- heal
- help
- hoard
- honor
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- laud
- leave
- let go
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- mend
- neglect
- obey
- order
- organize
- ornament
- pamper
- pet
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- protect
- purify
- raise
- repair
- respect
- revere
- reward
- sanctify
- satisfy
- save
- soothe
- strengthen
- surrender
- sympathize
- take care
- treasure
- treat well
- upgrade
- use correctly
- yield
Definition of illtreat
- As in maul : verb mangle, abuse
- As in misuse : verb abuse; apply wrongly
- As in molest : verb physically abuse
- As in outrage : verb wrong, offend, abuse
- As in persecute : verb wrong, torment
- As in abuse : verb physically hurt or injure
- As in wrong : verb hurt, mistreat another
- As in mistreat : verb harm
- As in brutalize : verb abuse
- As in ill-treat : verb abuse
- As in ill-use : verb abuse
- As in corrupt : verb pervert; pollute
- As in crucify : verb browbeat, destroy with words
- As in harm : verb injure; cause evil
- He quarrelled with him, and sent men to seize and illtreat him in his own palace.
- Extract from : « Life of Edward the Black Prince » by Louise Creighton
- But he does not deduce from this that man's superiority gives him permission to illtreat or to kill animals.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- Even psychiatrists feel that it is somehow disreputable to illtreat a woman who doesn't fight back.
- Extract from : « Operation: Outer Space » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Synonyms for illtreat
- abase
- abuse
- accost
- adulterate
- afflict
- affront
- aggrieve
- agonize
- animalize
- annoy
- assail
- attack
- badger
- bait
- bang
- bang up
- bash
- bastardize
- batter
- be on one's case
- beat
- beat up
- bedevil
- blemish
- blight
- blow
- bludgeon
- boil over
- bother
- break face
- bribe
- bruise
- brutalize
- buffet
- bung up
- burn up
- cheat
- claw
- clean
- contaminate
- corrupt
- cripple
- crucify
- crush
- cut up
- damage
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- decompose
- deface
- defame
- defile
- deflower
- deform
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- deprave
- depreciate
- desecrate
- despoil
- dilapidate
- discommode
- discredit
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disorganize
- displace
- disserve
- dissipate
- distress
- disturb
- do violence to
- dog
- dragoon
- drive up the wall
- drub
- dump on
- encroach
- exhaust
- exile
- expel
- exploit
- fire up
- fix
- flagellate
- flail
- fondle
- force
- get
- go through
- grease palm
- handle roughly
- harass
- harm
- harrow
- hector
- hinder
- hit
- hose
- hound
- hunt
- hurt
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- illtreat
- impair
- impose upon
- incense
- incommode
- inconvenience
- infect
- infuriate
- injure
- insult
- interfere
- intrude
- jar
- kick up a row
- knock about
- knock around
- lacerate
- lampoon
- lash
- lean on
- let have it
- louse up
- lower
- lure
- madden
- maim
- make hit the ceiling
- malign
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- martyr
- maul
- meddle
- mess up
- misapply
- misemploy
- mishandle
- misrepresent
- mistreat
- misuse
- molest
- muck up
- mug
- muscle
- mutilate
- nick
- offend
- oppress
- outrage
- overburden
- overtax
- overwork
- pan
- paste
- paw
- pelt
- persecute
- pervert
- pester
- pick on
- plague
- pollute
- pound
- prejudice
- profane
- prostitute
- pull down
- pummel
- pursue
- put down
- put in the hospital
- putrefy
- raise Cain
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- reach boiling point
- reduce
- ridicule
- rot
- rough up
- roughhouse
- ruin
- run through
- sabotage
- sap
- scandalize
- scathe
- shake up
- shatter
- shock
- skin
- smite
- spoil
- squander
- square
- stab
- stain
- suborn
- subvert
- taint
- take advantage of
- take care of
- tarnish
- tear to pieces
- tease
- thrash
- torment
- torture
- total
- trample
- traumatize
- try
- tweak
- tyrannize
- undermine
- vandalize
- vex
- victimize
- violate
- vitiate
- warp
- waste
- wax
- whip
- whip up
- wing
- wipe the floor with
- work over
- worry
- wound
- wreck
- wrench
- wrong
- zing
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