Synonyms for ill-use
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb il-yooz; noun il-yoos |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɪlˈyuz; noun ˈɪlˈyus |
Top 10 synonyms for ill-use Other synonyms for the word ill-use
Définition of ill-use
- verb abuse
- 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
Antonyms for ill-use
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