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Antonyms for treat
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : treet |
| Phonetic Transcription : trit |
- abandon
- abstain
- anger
- approve
- bad fortune
- bore
- confuse
- depression
- disappoint
- disbelieve
- disregard
- dissatisfaction
- fail
- forget
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- leave
- let go
- melancholy
- mismanage
- misuse
- need
- neglect
- pain
- praise
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- sadness
- sorrow
- stop
- take
- tire
- trouble
- unhappiness
- upset
- want
- woe
- work
Definition of treat
Origin :- c.1300, "negotiate, bargain, deal with," from Old French traiter (12c.), from Latin tractare "manage, handle, deal with," originally "drag about," frequentative of trahere (past participle tractus) "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "to entertain with food and drink by way of compliment or kindness (or bribery)" is recorded from c.1500. Sense of "deal with in speech or writing" (early 14c.) led to the use in medicine (1781), "to attempt to heal or cure." Related: Treated; treating.
- noun pleasing entity or occurrence
- verb act, behave towards
- verb doctor, medicate
- verb pay the bill for someone else
- verb be concerned with; discuss
- Nevertheless I continued to treat him well on account of the interest you felt in him.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- If Halbert will let me alone, or treat me with civility, he may be sure that I shall not trouble him.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- What would you say, were I to treat you as Miss Harlowe's father and mother treat her?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He was resolved to treat this subject upon large and generous principles.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- I am sure it was not thus my fault you had not, although you treat me thus.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Nor is it possible you should be commissioned to treat me thus.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Desires her to treat her freely; but wishes not that she should impute love to her; and why.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- If I had the least idea that you meant often to treat me as you have this afternoon I should know it was of no use.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- "My aunt will treat the affair like the sensible woman she is," replied the earl.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- To treat a child wholly as an adult would be to mock and destroy it.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
Synonyms for treat
- account
- act with regard to
- administer
- advise
- amuse
- amusement
- apply treatment
- appraise
- approach
- arrange
- attend
- banquet
- blow
- buy for
- care for
- celebration
- comment
- conduct
- conduct oneself toward
- confabulate
- confer
- consider
- consult
- contain
- criticize
- cure
- dainty
- deal with
- deliberate
- delicacy
- delight
- discourse on
- divert
- dose
- dress
- employ
- enjoyment
- enlarge upon
- entertain
- entertainment
- escort
- estimate
- evaluate
- explain
- feast
- foot the bill
- fun
- gift
- give
- go into
- goody
- gratification
- handle
- have business with
- have recourse to
- have to do with
- heal
- hold
- indulge
- interpret
- joy
- look upon
- manage
- manipulate
- medicament
- minister to
- negotiate
- nurse
- operate
- party
- pay for
- pick up the check
- pick up the tab
- play
- play host
- pleasure
- prescribe
- provide
- rate
- react toward
- reason
- refreshment
- regale
- regard
- respect
- review
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- serve
- set up
- speak about
- spring for
- stake
- stand
- study
- surprise
- sweet
- tackle
- take
- take out
- talk about
- think
- thrill
- tidbit
- touch upon
- use
- value
- weigh
- wield
- wine and dine
- write about
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