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Definition: Abuse |
AbuseNoun1. Cruel or inhumane treatment. 2. A rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team". 3. Improper or excessive use. Verb1. Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers". 2. Change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers". 3. Use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abuse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of abusing a person, means that you will be unfortunate in your affairs, losing good money through over-bearing persistency in business relations with others. To feel yourself abused, you will be molested in your daily pursuits by the enmity of others. For a young woman to dream that she hears abusive language, foretells that she will fall under the ban of some person's jealousy and envy. If she uses the language herself, she will meet with unexpected rebuffs, that may fill her with mortification and remorse for her past unworthy conduct toward friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
By: Sam Vaknin (submitted to Wikipedia by the copyrightholder)
Abusers exploit, lie, insult, demean, ignore (the "silent treatment"), manipulate, and control.
There are many ways to abuse. To love too much is to abuse. It is tantamount to treating someone as an extension, an object, or an instrument of gratification. To be over-protective, not to respect privacy, to be brutally honest, with a sadistic sense of humour, or consistently tactless - is to abuse.
To expect too much, to denigrate, to ignore - are all modes of abuse. There is physical abuse, verbal abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse. The list is long. Most abusers abuse surreptitiously. They are "stealth abusers". You have to actually live with one in order to witness the abuse.
There are three important categories of abuse:
Overt Abuse
The open and explicit abuse of another person. Threatening, coercing, beating, lying, berating, demeaning, chastising, insulting, humiliating, exploiting, ignoring ("silent treatment"), devaluing, unceremoniously discarding, verbal abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse are all forms of overt abuse.
Covert or Controlling Abuse
Abuse is almost entirely about control. It is often a primitive and immature reaction to life circumstances in which the abuser (usually in his childhood) was rendered helpless. It is about re-exerting one's identity, re-establishing predictability, mastering the environment - human and physical.
The bulk of abusive behaviours can be traced to this panicky reaction to the remote potential for loss of control. Many abusers are hypochondriacs (and difficult patients) because they are afraid to lose control over their body, its looks and its proper functioning. They are obsessive-compulsive in an effort to subdue their physical habitat and render it foreseeable. They stalk people and harass them as a means of "being in touch" - another form of control.
To the abuser, nothing exists outside himself. Meaningful others are extensions, internal, assimilated, objects - not external ones. Thus, losing control over a significant other - is equivalent to losing control of a limb, or of one's brain. It is terrifying.
Independent or disobedient people evoke in the abuser the realization that something is wrong with his worldview, that he is not the centre of the world or its cause and that he cannot control what, to him, are internal representations.
To the abuser, losing control means going insane. Because other people are mere elements in the abuser's mind - being unable to manipulate them literally means losing it (his mind). Imagine, if you suddenly were to find out that you cannot manipulate your memories or control your thoughts ... Nightmarish!
In his frantic efforts to maintain control or re-assert it, the abuser resorts to a myriad of fiendishly inventive stratagems and mechanisms. Here is a partial list:
Unpredictability and Uncertainty
The abuser acts unpredictably, capriciously, inconsistently and irrationally. This serves to render others dependent upon the next twist and turn of the abuser, his next inexplicable whim, upon his next outburst, denial, or smile.
The abuser makes sure that HE is the only reliable element in the lives of his nearest and dearest - by shattering the rest of their world through his seemingly insane behaviour. He perpetuates his stable presence in their lives - by destabilizing their own.
TIP
Refuse to accept such behaviour. Demand reasonably predictable and rational actions and reactions. Insist on respect for your boundaries, predilections, preferences, and priorities.
Disproportional Reactions
One of the favourite tools of manipulation in the abuser's arsenal is the disproportionality of his reactions. He reacts with supreme rage to the slightest slight. Or he would punish severely for what he perceives to be an offence against him, no matter how minor. Or, he would throw a temper tantrum over any discord or disagreement, however gently and considerately expressed. Or, he would act inordinately attentive, charming and tempting (even over-sexed, if need be).
This ever-shifting code of conduct and the unusually harsh and arbitrarily applied penalties are premeditated. The victims are kept in the dark. Neediness and dependence on the source of "justice" meted and judgment passed - on the abuser - are thus guaranteed.
TIP
Demand a just and proportional treatment. Reject or ignore unjust and capricious behaviour.
If you are up to the inevitable confrontation, react in kind. Let him taste some of his own medicine.
Dehumanization and Objectification (Abuse)
People have a need to believe in the empathic skills and basic good-heartedness of others. By dehumanizing and objectifying people - the abuser attacks the very foundations human interaction. This is the "alien" aspect of abusers - they may be excellent imitations of fully formed adults but they are emotionally absent and immature.
Abuse is so horrid, so repulsive, so phantasmagoric - that people recoil in terror. It is then, with their defences absolutely down, that they are the most susceptible and vulnerable to the abuser's control. Physical, psychological, verbal and sexual abuse are all forms of dehumanization and objectification.
TIP
Never show your abuser that you are afraid of him. Do not negotiate with bullies. They are insatiable. Do not succumb to blackmail.
If things get rough- disengage, involve law enforcement officers, friends and colleagues, or threaten him (legally).
Do not keep your abuse a secret. Secrecy is the abuser's weapon.
Never give him a second chance. React with your full arsenal to the first transgression.
Abuse of Information
From the first moments of an encounter with another person, the abuser is on the prowl. He collects information. The more he knows about his potential victim - the better able he is to coerce, manipulate, charm, extort or convert it "to the cause". The abuser does not hesitate to misuse the information he gleaned, regardless of its intimate nature or the circumstances in which he obtained it. This is a powerful tool in his armory.
TIP
Be guarded. Don't be too forthcoming in a first or casual meeting. Gather intelligence.
Be yourself. Don't misrepresent your wishes, boundaries, preferences, priorities, and red lines.
Do not behave inconsistently. Do not go back on your word. Be firm and resolute.
Impossible Situations
The abuser engineers impossible, dangerous, unpredictable, unprecedented, or highly specific situations in which he is sorely needed. The abuser makes sure that his knowledge, his skills, his connections, or his traits are the only ones applicable and the most useful in the situations that he, himself, wrought. The abuser generates his own indispensability.
TIP
Stay away from such quagmires. Scrutinize every offer and suggestion, no matter how innocuous.
Prepare backup plans. Keep others informed of your whereabouts and appraised of your situation.
Be vigilant and doubting. Do not be gullible and suggestible. Better safe than sorry.
Control by Proxy
If all else fails, the abuser recruits friends, colleagues, mates, family members, the authorities, institutions, neighbours, the media, teachers - in short, third parties - to do his bidding. He uses them to cajole, coerce, threaten, stalk, offer, retreat, tempt, convince, harass, communicate and otherwise manipulate his target. He controls these unaware instruments exactly as he plans to control his ultimate prey. He employs the same mechanisms and devices. And he dumps his props unceremoniously when the job is done.
Another form of control by proxy is to engineer situations in which abuse is inflicted upon another person. Such carefully crafted scenarios of embarrassment and humiliation provoke social sanctions (condemnation, opprobrium, or even physical punishment) against the victim. Society, or a social group become the instruments of the abuser.
TIP
Often the abuser's proxies are unaware of their role. Expose him. Inform them. Demonstrate to them how they are being abused, misused, and plain used by the abuser.
Trap your abuser. Treat him as he treats you. Involve others. Bring it into the open. Nothing like sunshine to disinfest abuse.
Ambient Abuse
The fostering, propagation and enhancement of an atmosphere of fear, intimidation, instability, unpredictability and irritation. There are no acts of traceable explicit abuse, nor any manipulative settings of control. Yet, the irksome feeling remains, a disagreeable foreboding, a premonition, a bad omen. This is sometimes called "gaslighting".
In the long term, such an environment erodes the victim's sense of self-worth and self-esteem. Self-confidence is shaken badly. Often, the victims adopts a paranoid or schizoid stance and thus renders himself or herself exposed even more to criticism and judgment. The roles are thus reversed: the victim is considered mentally deranged and the abuser - the suffering soul.
TIP
Run! Get away! Ambient abuse often develops to overt and violent abuse.
You don't owe anyone an explanation - but you owe yourself a life. Bail out.
Violence in the family often follows other forms of more subtle and long-term abuse: verbal, emotional, psychological sexual, or financial.
It is closely correlated with alcoholism, drug consumption, intimate-partner homicide, teen pregnancy, infant and child mortality, spontaneous abortion, reckless behaviours, suicide, and the onset of mental health disorders.
Most abusers and batterers are males - but a significant minority are women. This being a "Women's Issue", the problem was swept under the carpet for generations and only recently has it come to public awareness. Yet, even today, society - for instance, through the court and the mental health systems - largely ignores domestic violence and abuse in the family. This induces feelings of shame and guilt in the victims and "legitimizes" the role of the abuser.
Violence in the family is mostly spousal - one spouse beating, raping, or otherwise physically harming and torturing the other. But children are also and often victims - either directly, or indirectly. Other vulnerable familial groups include the elderly and the disabled.
Abuse and violence cross geographical and cultural boundaries and social and economic strata. It is common among the rich and the poor, the well-educated and the less so, the young and the middle-aged, city dwellers and rural folk. It is a universal phenomenon.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Abuse."
Synonyms: AbuseSynonyms: contumely (n), ill-treatment (n), ill-usage (n), insult (n), maltreatment (n), misuse (n), revilement (n), blackguard (v), clapperclaw (v), ill-treat (v), ill-use (v), maltreat (v), mistreat (v), pervert (v), shout (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Verb: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize; abuse; mystify; blind one's eyes; blindfold, hoodwink; throw dust into the eyes; dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle; trick. |
Disapprobation | Execrate; exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile, revile; vilify, vilipend; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches. |
Chiding, upbraiding;Verb: exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely; hard words, cutting words, bitter words. | |
Impurity | Verb: be impure; Adjective: intrigue; debauch, defile, seduce; abuse, violate, deflower; commit adultery;n. |
Seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest. | |
Inexpedience | Maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite; (scourge); do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage. |
Ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution, outrage; misusage; injury; (damage); knockout drops. | |
Malediction | Abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing; Verb: profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility. |
Misinterpretation | Misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration; false coloring, false construction; abuse of terms; parody, travesty; falsification; (lying). |
Misuse | Desecrate, abuse, profane, overtask, overtax, overwork: squander. |
Abuse, profanation, desecration; waste. | |
Neologism | Pun, paranomasia, play upon words; word play; (wit); double-entendre; (ambiguity); palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch; abuse of language, abuse of terms. |
Threat | Noun: threat, menace; defiance; abuse, minacity, intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination; (curse); gathering clouds; (warning). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | There are no clear pictures of the sexual abuse we endured (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) I don't have to take this abuse from you, I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) We don't pay you to abuse the copy machine (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Shocking abuse of authority (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) If I wanted this kind of abuse, I'd have a conversation with my oboe teacher (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Lyrics | Oh sometimes yeah it's true you really do abuse me (Use Me; performing artist: Bill Withers) Some of them want to abuse you (Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This); performing artist: Eurythmics) How much more abuse from man can she stand (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); performing artist: Marvin Gaye) You Can't Abuse It (In the Closet; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley) Push you down and abuse you (Just Can't Last; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) | |
Movie/TV Titles | You Oughta Know: Teens Talking About Dating and Abuse (1997) Abuse of Power (1997) Ten Ways to Abuse an Old Woman (1992) Phone Abuse (1991) Together Against Abuse (1990) | |
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 | Cut surface of gross autopsy specimen of liver showing diffuse pallor due to dense network of scar tissue (fibrosis, cirrhosis). Scarring has occurred in response to chronic injury from alcohol abuse. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of liver showing alcoholic hyalin (Mallory bodies) characteristic of alcohol abuse. Credit: CDC. |
 | WARNING : "If You Abuse Me Then I Would Make You Unhappy". Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Can You Recognize The Cocaine Abuser In Your Practice? : Drug Abuse...be part of the solution. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Report Child Abuse : It could save a child's life. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Protect children against sexual abuse. : Learn how. Write for a free booklet: Say "No!". Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Drogas Y SIDA: No juegues loteria con tu vida. : Durg Abuse & AIDS: Don't play lottery with your life. / Design: Herbert Sigüenza. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Indians representing various newspapers waving weapons of "abuse" and "misrepresentation" around tied up veteran with "soldier hating wigwam" in background. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Get the facts! : send for a free copy of the Federal source book -- Answers to the most frequently asked questions about drug abuse. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A woman has the right to protect herself from mental and physical abuse : clear Cassandra Peten. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Striking; smack; strike; abuse. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benedict Spinoza | Those are most desirous of honor and glory who cry out the loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world. |
E. Nott | Abuse me as much as you will; it is often a benefit rather than an injury. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. |
James Madison | Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. |
Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham | Abuse is the very hallmark of liberty. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience? |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature. |
Voltaire | Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. |
William Shakespeare | Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | If there were not a greater abuse, on the part of the law, in the penalty, than there had been, on the part of the guilty, in the crime |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | National Institute on Drug Abuse. (references) | |
Neither drug is addictive or prone to abuse. (references) | ||
Balster, R.L. Neural basis of inhalant abuse. (references) | ||
Business | There is, however, no national spousal abuse law. (references) | |
The physical abuse of children can be grounds for criminal prosecution. (references) | ||
Actual figures may be higher because spousal abuse still goes largely unreported. (references) | ||
Children | Dominica | Of these cases, 162 involved sexual abuse. (references) |
Netherlands | As a result of abuse, 40 to 50 children die each year. (references) | |
Bolivia | Corporal punishment and verbal abuse are common in schools. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Australia | Flood reported improper handling of a child abuse complaint at Woomera as well. (references) |
Angola | IDP's who arrived from UNITA-controlled areas displayed signs of abuse and severe malnutrition. (references) | |
Congo | Requirements for the establishment of a religious organization are simple and generally are not subject to abuse. (references) | |
Discrimination | Mexico | Gay rights groups claim that the police in Monterrey demonstrated a pattern of abuse of gay men, lesbians and transvestites. (references) |
Somalia | The Transitional Charter, adopted in 2000 but not implemented by year's end, contains provisions that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and national origin; however, societal discrimination and violence against women and widespread abuse of children continued to be serious problems. (references) | |
Economic History | Austria | Selling below cost is considered a possible abuse of a dominant market position. (references) |
Human Rights | Malaysia | Police sometimes abuse detainees. (references) |
Taiwan | The NPA denies that police abuse suspects. (references) | |
France | There is no evidence of a pattern of abuse. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bolivia | Discrimination against, and abuse of, indigenous people continued. (references) |
Minorities | Jordan | Muslims who convert to other religions often fact social ostracism, threats, and abuse from their families and Muslim religious leaders. (references) |
Somalia | Members of minority groups continued to be subjected to killings, harassment, intimidation, and abuse by armed gunmen of all affiliations. (references) | |
Political Economy | HAITI | Reports of abuse are common. (references) |
Peru | Abuse of military recruits continued. (references) | |
Mongolia | Child abuse and child labor also are problems. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | Emile Constant Bombet, PDCI candidate and former Minister of State for Interior and Decentralization, was disqualified because he faced outstanding charges of abuse of office from when he was Minister. (references) |
Uganda | On May 12, three EC officials were arrested and charged with abuse of office and neglect of duty for printing excess cards for the purpose of allegedly rigging the presidential election; on July 31, the charges were dropped. (references) | |
Mauritania | Although voters in theory could take the unused cards out of the polling place with them, the ready availability of many unused cards on the floor makes the cards worthless as evidence of how a voter has voted and effectively eliminates the potential for abuse in such a multiple ballot system. (references) | |
Trade | Azerbaijan | This includes the protection of intellectual property rights, assets and investments, and corporate and personal belongings against abuse. (references) |
Nigeria | At the inception of this democratic government in May 1999, the parallel official rate of Naira 22 to $1 was abolished to avoid official abuse of securing dollar from the government and selling same to Banks at the Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (AFEM) rate of about Naira100 to $1. The government also settled a lot of the local debts thus resulting to excess liquid cash in the economy and consequently the free fall of the Naira in the AFEM. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Unescorted women are vulnerable to sexual harassment and verbal abuse. (references) |
Women | Kuwait | The courts have found husbands guilty of spousal abuse. (references) |
Burundi | No known court cases have dealt with the abuse of women. (references) | |
Kiribati | Frequently, alcohol abuse is a factor in attacks on women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Qatar | This leaves them vulnerable to abuse. (references) |
Gabon | Some of the children suffered sexual abuse. (references) | |
Korea | The Labor Standards Law also prohibits the abuse of workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite. His name the smirking tourist scrawls Upon Minerva's temple walls, Where thundered once Olympian Zeus, And marks his appetite's abuse. Averil Joop |
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Barbara Eden | I don't know. To this day, I don't know. And you know something, I don't care because substance abuse is substance abuse. It doesn't matter what it is. It's bad. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | But I confess that I do conceive, that in a government modified like this of the United States, the great danger lies rather in the abuse of the community than in the legislative body. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The difficulty of sustaining the regulations of our commerce and of other important interests from abuse without such designation furnishes a strong motive for this measure. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This is attributed in a great degree to the increase of free letters growing out of the extension and abuse of the franking privilege. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Too many of our welfare programs are inequitable and invite abuse. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Education is a key factor in reducing drug abuse. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | As we fight crime, we will fully implement our nation strategy for combatting drug abuse. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Partnerships to battle drug abuse, AIDS, teach young people to read, save America's treasures, strengthen the arts, fight teen pregnancy, prevent violence among young people, promote racial healing. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love. |
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| "Abuse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.38% of the time. "Abuse" is used about 3,096 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.38% | 2,829 | 3,271 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.32% | 196 | 21,868 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.03% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.19% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,096 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abuse": a storm of abuse ♦ abuse a privilege ♦ abuse at smb. hurl ♦ abuse of authority ♦ abuse of confidence ♦ Abuse of distress ♦ abuse of information ♦ abuse of language ♦ abuse of law ♦ abuse of one's position ♦ abuse of power ♦ abuse of right ♦ abuse of terms ♦ alcohol abuse ♦ alcoholic abuse ♦ alcoholism abuse ♦ barrage of abuse ♦ carnal abuse ♦ child abuse ♦ computer abuse ♦ data abuse ♦ drug abuse ♦ drug of abuse ♦ Elder Abuse ♦ hail of abuse ♦ heap abuse on smb. ♦ hurl abuse at smb. ♦ Marijuana Abuse ♦ multiple drug abuse ♦ Phencyclidine Abuse ♦ Polydrug abuse ♦ pour out abuse on smb. ♦ Prescription drug abuse ♦ receive nothing but abuse ♦ self abuse ♦ sex abuse ♦ sexual abuse ♦ shout abuse at ♦ solvent abuse ♦ Spouse Abuse ♦ substance abuse ♦ Substance Abuse Detection ♦ Substance Abuse Treatment Centers ♦ term of abuse ♦ torrent of abuse ♦ United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ♦ wink at an abuse ♦ word of abuse. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "abuse": abuse-related. | |
Ending with "abuse": child-abuse. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "abuse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | belediging (insult), beledig (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Albanian | shpërdoroj (misuse, peculate, presume), abuzoj (misuse, overindulge), abuzim (malversation, misuse, overindulgence). (various references) | |
Arabic | شتيمة (insult), مفاسد, مساوئ (disadvantage), مسبة (insult, revilement), تعسفات, تعسف, سباب, إيذاء جسدي, إساءة إستعمال (perversion), ظلم (aggrieve, darken, eclipse, extortion, gloom, grind, grow dark, inequality, inequity, iniquity, injustice, oppress, oppression, shadow, tyrannize, unfairness, wrong), شتيمة (insult, outrage, slur, swearword), شر (evil, iniquity, mal, malignity, perversity, viciousness, wickedness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ругатни (abusive language, bluster, bugaboo, invectives, obloquy, profanity, vernacular), ругая (be down on, call names, curse, cuss, damn, drub, get on to smb., inveigh, keelhaul, land on, rail, rate, revile, row, slang, slate, storm at, swear, swear at, vituperate, walk into, whip), оскърбявам (affront, huff, insult, offend, outrage), оскърбление (affront, contumely, flout, galling, hurt, insult, knock, offence, outrage), обиждам (affront, aggrieve, belabor, belabour, dishonor, dishonour, give offense, give umbrage, huff, hurt, injure, insult, inveigh, offend, outrage, slight, spite, vituperate, wrong), неправда (iniquity, injustice, wrong), малтретирам (bully, ill treat, ill use, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, rough up, work over), заблуждавам (deceive, delude, disorient, disorientate, flim-flam, impose, misguide, mislead, mystify, outwit, stuff), злоупотребявам с (presume upon, trade), злоупотреба (conversion, defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, misuse), зло (bad, cancer, curse, disaster, evil, harm, ill, mischief, ulcer, wrong), безчестя (dishonor, dishonour), изнасилвам (assault, deflower, do violence to, rape, ravish, violate), измамвам (befool, beguile, catch, chisel, chouse, clip, cross, dash, defraud, diddle, fix, flam, fob, fool, gaff, go back on, green, gull, hijack, kid, mislead, mock, nobble, overreach, play false, pluck, prey, pull a fast one, put across, put on, screw, sell, shaft, short-change, slip over, spoof, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, trim). (various references) | |
Chinese | 誶 , 訕 (slander), 罵 (scold), 恶 , 濫" , 弊端 (corrupt practice, malpractice). (various references) | |
Czech | zneužívat (stretch, trade on), zneužívání (misfeasance), týrání (maltreatment), poškozování zdraví, narkomanie (addiction), nadávka (bad name, oath, swear word), nadávat (berate, call names, curse, grumble, revile, scold, storm, swear). (various references) | |
Danish | skælde (insult, offend), fornærmelse, fornærme (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Dutch | misbruik (abuse of law, abuse of right, infringement of rights of another, violation), gescheld. (various references) | |
Esperanto | turmenti (torment), turmentado, trakti malbone, ofendo, ofendi (insult, offend), misuzo, misuzi, malbonaĵo, malbona traktado, insulto (insult), insulti (insult, offend), insultado. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vamm, skemma (insult, offend, sleeping-accomodation, sleeping-place), skemdarorð (insult), misnýta, misbjóða (insult, offend), gera firtnan (insult, offend), brek. (various references) | |
Farsi | ننگین کردن (Dishonor(Ur), Shame), تجاوزبه حقوق کسی کردن , سواستفاده کردن از, ضایع کردن (Spoil, Undo), به زنی تجاوزکردن , بداستعمال کردن , بدرفتاری کردن نسبت به , بدبکاربردن (Mishandle, Misuse). (various references) | |
Finnish | solvaus (affront, insult, slander). (various references) | |
French | abuser, abus (aberrant), tourmenter, insulter, injure. (various references) | |
Frisian | rache (insult, offend), misledigje (insult, offend), mislediging, misbrûke, misbrûk. (various references) | |
German | Schmähung (blasphemy, calumny, contumely, invective, obloquy, opprobrium, vituperation), Missbrauch (abusiveness, improper use, misapplication, misfeasance, misusage, misuse, sexual assault), beschimpfen (insult, offend, rail at, revile, slander, swear at, to insult, to revile), Beleidigung (affront, defamation, indignity, insult, libel, offence, offense, scathe, slander, slur). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάχρηση (embezzlement, graft, intemperance, malpractice, malversation, misappropriation, peculation), καταχρώμαι (defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, misemploy, peculate). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | abuzoj, abuzim, shpërdoroj, shpërdor. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחרף (call names, insult, reproach, revile, swear, vilify), ל"תעלל (ill treat, maltreat, mistreat), ל"שתמש לרע" (misuse, take advantage of, tamper, trade on), ל'"ף (blackguard, curse, defame, insult, revile, slang, taunt, vilify, vituperate), ל אוץ (blaspheme, deride, despise, scorn, spurn), ל אר (abhor, despise, reject), שמוש לרע" (misuse), חרוף (blasphemy, curse, invective), "תעללות (brutality, cruel treatment, maltreatment), '"וף (blasphemy, curse, insult, invective, obloquy, profanity, revilement, scorn, swearword, vilification, vituperation), אוץ (blasphemy, cursing, execration, profanity, reviling), אצ" (blasphemy, contempt, swearword). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rontás (garbling, hex), gyalázkodó beszéd, helytelen alkalmazás (misapplication), helytelen használat, jogtalanság (amiss, illegitimacy, injustice, lawlessness), ócsárlás (disparagement), gyalázkodás (diatribe), rongálás (defacement, dilapidation, impairment, injury), mocskolódás, rossz célra való fordítás, szabálytalanság (anomaly, foul, infringement, irregularity, malpractice), durva bánásmód (ill-treatment), téves alkalmazás, téves használat, túlkapás (encroachment, trespass), visszaélés (imposition, misuse), erőszakos nemi közösülés, félrevezetés (fallaciousness, hoax, misdirection, misguidance, mystification), nemi erőszak (rape, violation), sértés (affront, aggrievement, flout, humiliation, injury, insult, lesion, offence, offense, wound), szemfényvesztés (eye-wash, flannel, hanky panky, hanky-panky, lath and plaster, legerdemain, prestidigitation), megbecstelenítés (defloration, outrage, ravishment, violation). (various references) | |
Icelandic | skamma (insult, offend), móðgun, móðga (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sikatan (sweep, torment, torture), penyalahgunaan (misapropriation), mengkhianati (be traitorous, betray), memaki (berate). (various references) | |
Italian | insultare (affront, flout, insult, offend, revile), abuso (abusiveness, excess, misuse), offendere (break, damage, displease, hurt, infringe, injure, insult, nettle, offend, shock, sting, upset, violate), insulto (abusive, affront, insult, taunt). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 酷使 (overuse of a pitcher), 濫" (misappropriation, misuse, using to excess). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "よう (official business, using in turn, using together, your business, your order), ら"よう (misappropriation, misuse, using to excess), め"ばばとう, わるくち (evil speaking, insult, slander), わるぐち (evil speaking, insult, slander), あっ"う (evil speaking, insult, misdeed, slander, wickedness, wrongdoing), あくへい (evil, vice), あくよう (misuse, perversion), あくたれぐち (evil speaking, insult, slander), ちょうば (horse training or breaking, insult, long horse, reception, taunt), "くし (beauty spot, dark mole, distinguished citizen, envoy, face mole, history of a nation, Japanese history, mite, overuse of a pitcher, patriot, provincial governor), ぞう"" (foul language), つうば (denunciation, invective), ばとう (disparagement, Hayagriva, Horsehead), ば'", ばり (attached or stretched on, in the style of, reminiscent of), ぼうよう (misuse, vastness), ひぼう (inordinate ambition, slander), きひ (evasion, slander), リンチ (beating, bullying, lynch), ぎゃくよう (misuse, taking advantage of), れいば (scoffing, sneer). (various references) | |
Korean | 남용 (misappropriation). (various references) | |
Malay | salah faham (misunderstanding). (various references) | |
Manx | oltooaney (disgrace, expostulate, rail against, raillery, reproach, revile, reviler, vituperate), oltooan (disgrace, reproach, slur, vituperation), jannoo drogh-ymmyd jeh (knock about), drogh-ymmyd (misusage, misuse), caartrey (abusiveness, denigrate, denigration, slander, slandering, vilification, vilify). (various references) | |
Norwegian | skjelle ut (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Papiamen | abuzu, abuzá di, abuso, abusá di, ofensa, ofendé (insult, offend), maluzá, insulto (insult), insultá (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abuseay.(various references) | |
Polish | zamęczać (agonize, torment), obrażać (insult, offend), nieporozumienie (misunderstanding). (various references) | |
Portuguese | abuso (ill-use, inroad, misuse, overindulgence, trespass, violence), insulto (affront, contumely, indignity, injury, insult, lash, scurrility, taunt, vituperation), injuriar (attack, insult, inveigh, knock about, knock around, miscall, offend, outrage, revile, slander, stab, vituperate), injúria (bruise, contumely, despite, insult, invective, mischief, outrage, railing, violence, vituperation, wrong). (various references) | |
Romanian | abuz (encroachment, excess, fraud, intemperance, malfeasence, malversation, misusage, stretch, transgression), abuza (deceive, delude, exploit, misuse, stretch), abuza de (misuse, presume upon), insultã (affront, contumely, dirt, hurt, insult, invective, offence, slap, slur), înjura (blaspheme, curse, cuss, damn, rail, revile, swear), înjurãturã (curse, cuss, damn, oath, vernacular), batjocori (bemock, deride, disdain, flout, rape, satirize, scoff, scorn, shame, taunt, violate), beşteli (scold), bruftui (reprimand, rough, rough-plaster), certa (altercate, berate, blame, brawl, censure, chide, rag, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, squabble, taunt), cleveti (backbite, calumniate, decry, defame, gossip, revile, slander, talk, talk scandal, traduce), exces (excess, intemperance, nimiety, redundance, redundancy, riot, riotousness, superfluity, surfeit, transgression, violence), faptã ilegalã, folosire excesivã, înşela (bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chouse, circumvent, cog, con, cozen, cuckold, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disappoint, do, do brown, do something crooked, double cross, dupe, fiddle, frustrate, gag, get round, gull, hocus, hoodwink, humbug, impose, jockey, juggle, mock, mystify, nobble, out-jockey, pigeon, queer, ramp, rook, sharp, shuffle, swindle, trick, victimize), ocarã (abashment, disgrace, insult, shame), ultragia (insult, outrage), sudui, stropşealã, silui (force, outrage, rape, violate), ponegri (asperse, backbite, black, blacken, cry down, cut up, demolish, denigrate, mire, pull to pieces, run down, slander, write down), huli (blaspheme, curse, cuss, profane, swear), ofensa (affront, damage, huff, hurt, injure, insult, mortify, offend, spite, touch, vex), injurie (insult), ocãrî (blame, call down, censure, curse, insult, rail, reproach, revile, upbraid, vituperate), maltratare (ill-treatment, ill-usage, maltreatment, mistreatment, misusage, misuse), maltrata (bedevil, ill treat, ill use, knock about, maltreat, maul, mishandle, mistreat, misuse), jignire (affront, cut, humiliation, hurt, injury, insult, offence, rub, wound, wrong), invectivã (invective, railing), ultraj (insult, outrage), oropsi. (various references) | |
Russian | ругать (berate, drub, rail, scold, swear, whip), оскорбление (affront, contumely, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, wound), злоупотребление (abuse of, malversation, misapplication, misuse, overindulgence, over-indulgence, trespass), плохо обращаться (ill treat, ill use, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat), излишество (bells and whistles, excess, luxury, surfeit). (various references) | |
Scottish | reub (mangle, rend), mìomhaich (maltreat), m b (reproach angrily, vilify), leadair (mangle, rend). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zloupotrebiti (misapply, misuse, take advantage of, used: get used), zloupotreba (misapplication, misuse), zlostavljati (ballyrag, bully, maltreat, molest), zlostavljanje (maltreatment, molestation), zlostaviti (mistreat, molest), psovanje (bad language, foulness, swearing), grditi (rail, revile, scold). (various references) | |
Spanish | abuso (consummation, encroachment, imposition, infringement, misapplication, misuse, obloquy, overindulgence), ofensa (affront, insult, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offense, trespass), ofender (affront, aggrieve, be wrong, displease, give offence, give offense, hurt, hurt one's feelings, injure, insult, miff, offend, slight), insulto (affront, insult, jeer, slight), insultar (affront, insult, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight, taunt), ultrajar (insult, offend, outrage), injuriar (insult, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight, taunt, wrong), injuria (insult, invective, offence, offense, scathe). (various references) | |
Sranan | afrontu (insult, offend). (various references) | |
Swedish | missbruk (addiction, misuse), smädelse (aspersion, invective, obloquy, opprobrium, vituperation), smäda (asperse, blaspheme, calumniate, libel, revile, vituperate), ovett (invective, railing, scolding). (various references) | |
Turkish | anlaxmazlik (disagreement, discord, dissension, misunderstanding), anlaxmak (agree, misunderstanding), acitmak (hurt, insult, offend), tecâvüz etmek (aggress, assault, attack, break into, encroach, encroach on, entrench upon, impinge, infringe, interfere with, intrude, outrage, overstep, rape, ravish, shame, trench on, trench upon, trespass, violate), taciz etmek (annoy, discommode, harass, haze, molest, worry), taciz (molestation), suistimal etmek (misemploy, misuse, pull at smb.'s heartstrings), suistimal (malfeasance, misappropriation, misuse), küfretmek (blackguard, blaspheme, blaspheme against, blow, call names, curse, rail, revile, revile against smth., revile at smth., slang, swear, vituperate), küfür (a bad word, blasphemy, contumely, curse, cuss, cuss word, expletive, invective, invectives, oath, profanity, revilement, scurrility, strong language, swearing, swearword), kötüye kullanmak (betray, defile, encroach, exploit, impose, make a draft on, misappropriate, misemploy, misuse, presume on, presume upon), kötüye kullanma (deceit, delinquency, embezzlement, exploitation, malfeasance, malversation, misuse), kötü emellerine alet etmek, kötü davranmak (discriminate against smb., ill treat, maltreat, misdemean, mishandle, mistreat, outrage, ride rough over, rough, serve, snub, tramp down, use smb. ill). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sцgmek (curse, scold). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ганьбити (animadvert, asperse, attaint, besmirch, blaspheme, defame, disgrace, inveigh, reproach, scandalize, shame, soil, spot, stain, tarnish, tongue, vilify, vituperate, wrong), образа (affront, contumely, dishonor, dishonour, dudgeon, grievance, grouch, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, resentment, snub, umbrage, wound), ображати (affront, damnify, dishonor, dishonour, frump, huff, humiliate, injure, insult, offend, outrage, revile, umbrage), неправильно вживати (misuse), неправильне вживання (misuse), зловживати (misapply, misuse, presume, strain, trespass), зловживання (malversation, misapplication, misuse, overuse, trespass), жорстоке поводження, лаяти (berate, betongue, chapter, chide, pitch on), лайка (altercation, barge, chevrette, curse, damn, dog-skin, hassle, kid-skin, oath, ordure, scold, swear word, vituperation), бути обманутим. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự xỉ vả sự nói xấu, sự sỉ nhục (abusiveness, affront, indignity), sự lạm dụng (carnival, overuse), sự lộng h nh thói xấu, sự h nh hạ (abusiveness, excruciation, ill-treatment, ill-use, maltreatment), sự chửi rủa (damnation, damning, imprecation, name-calling, railing, vituperation), hủ tục sự lăng mạ. (various references) | |
Welsh | dilorni (revile), difri%o (blackguard, malign, scold), difri%aeth (calumny), difenwi (belittle, blaspheme, revile), cam-drin (ill-treat, mistreat), camddefnyddio (misuse), camddefnydd (misuse), camarfer (malpractice, misuse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | concerperet, convicia, convicio, incesseris, incessu, incessus, inclamaverunt, iniuria, iniuriae, iniuriam, iniurias, iniuriis, iurgia, iurgio, iurgiorum, iurgium, maledic, maledicam, maledicant, maledicas, maledicat, maledicebant, maledicebat, maledicendum, maledicens, maledicent, maledicentem, maledicenti, maledicentibus, maledicentis, maledicere, malediceres, malediceret, malediceretur, maledices, maledicet, maledicetur, maledici, maledicimur, maledicit, maledicite, maledicito, maledicta, maledictae, maledictam, maledicti, maledictio, maledictis, maledicto, maledictum, maledictus, maledicunt, maledixerint, maledixeris, maledixerit, maledixerunt, maledixi, maledixisset, maledixisti, maledixit, probrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | TiV oun moi estin o misqoV ina euaggelizomenoV adapanon qhsw to euaggelion tou cristou eiV to mh katacrhsasqai th exousia mou en tw euaggeliw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quae est ergo merces mea ut evangelium praedicans sine sumptu ponam evangelium ut non abutar potestate mea in evangelio |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | What thanne is my mede? That Y prechynge the gospel, putte the gospel with outen otheris cost, that Y vse not my power in the gospel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | What is my rewarde then? Verely that whe I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre yt I misvse not myne auctorite in ye gospel |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my power in the gospel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Busa, unsa man lang diay ang akong balus? Mao lang kini: nga sa akong pagwali, ang Maayong Balita ikahatag ko nga walay bayad, aron dili ko kapahimuslan ang akong katungod sa pagkamagwawali sa Maayong Balita. |
| Croatian | Koja mi je dakle plaæa? Da propovijedajuæi pružam evanðelje besplatno ne služeæi se svojim pravom u evanðelju. |
| Danish | hvad er da min Løn? For at jeg, når jeg forkynder Evangeliet, skal fremsætte det for intet, så at jeg ikke gør Brug af min Ret i Evangeliet. |
| Dutch | Wat loon heb ik dan? Namelijk dat ik, het Evangelie verkondigende, het Evangelie van Christus kosteloos stelle, om mijn macht in het Evangelie niet te misbruiken. |
| Finnish | Mikä siis on minun palkkani? Se, että kun julistan evankeliumia, teen sen ilmaiseksi, niin etten käytä oikeutta, jonka evankeliumi minulle myöntää. |
| French | Quelle est donc ma récompense? C`est d`offrir gratuitement l`Évangile que j`annonce, sans user de mon droit de prédicateur de l`Évangile. |
| German | Was ist denn nun mein Lohn? Daß ich predige das Evangelium Christi und tue das frei umsonst, auf daß ich nicht meine Freiheit mißbrauche am Evangelium. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau begitu, upah saya apa? Ini upahnya: bahwa saya dapat memberitakan Kabar Baik itu tanpa memberatkan seorang pun untuk membiayai saya, karena saya tidak menuntut hak-hak saya sebagai pemberita Kabar Baik itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau demikian, apakah pahalaku? Inilah: Aku memberitakan kabar kesukaan itu dengan tiada berupah, sehingga aku tiada melakukan kebebasanku di dalam hal memberitakan Injil itu. |
| Italian | Quale è dunque la mia ricompensa? Quella di predicare gratuitamente il vangelo senza usare del diritto conferitomi dal vangelo. |
| Maori | Na, he aha koia te utu moku? ara, ki te kauwhau ahau i te rongopai, ka meinga e ahau kia kore e utua te rongopai: kia kore ai ahau e mea i te wahi e tika ana maku i roto i te rongopai. |
| Norwegian | Hvad er da min lønn? At jeg, når jeg forkynner evangeliet, gjør det for intet, så jeg ikke gjør bruk av min rett i evangeliet. |
| Portuguese | Logo, qual é a minha recompensa? É que, pregando o evangelho, eu o faça gratuitamente, para não usar em absoluto do meu direito no evangelho. |
| Rumanian | Care este atunci rqsplata mea? Este sq vestesc fqrq platq Evanghelia, pe care o vestesc, wi sq nu mq folosesc de dreptul meu kn Evanghelie. |
| Russian | ъБ ЮФП ЦЕ НОЕ ОБЗТБ"Б? ъБ ФП, ЮФП, ТП ПЧЕ"ХС еЧБОЗЕМЙЕ, 'МБЗПЧЕУФЧХА П иТЙУФЕ 'ЕЪНЕЪ"ОП, ОЕ ПМШЪХСУШ НПЕА ЧМБУФША Ч 'МБЗПЧЕУФЧПЧБОЙЙ. |
| Shuar | Tura jujai antsu nekas warasminiaitjai: Wi Túramnian iniaisan chikichnan takatsuk aya winia Kuítrujain uwempratin chichaman étserjai. Nujai waraakun akikma aintsankete. |
| Spanish | ¿Cuál es, pues, mi recompensa? Que predicando el evangelio, pueda yo presentarlo gratuitamente, para no abusar de mi derecho en el evangelio. |
| Swahili | Mshahara wangu ni kitu gani, basi? Mshahara wangu ni fursa ya kuihubiri Habari Njema bure, bila kudai haki ninazostahili kwa kuihubiri. |
| Swedish | Vilken är alltså min lön? Jo, just den, att när jag förkunnar evangelium, så gör jag detta utan kostnad för någon, i det att jag avstår från att göra bruk av den rättighet jag har såsom förkunnare av evangelium. |
| Uma | Jadi', mpokeni-a Kareba Lompe' pai' uma kuperapi' gaji' hi tauna to kupongkenii kareba. Nau' ria mpu'u huraa-ku mperapi' gaji' hi tauna to kupongkenii kareba, uma kupake' huraa-ku toe. Toe-mile to kuponcawa gaji' -kue: goe' -a mpoparata Kareba Lompe', uma mingki' ra'oli. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abuse": abused, abuser, abusers, abuses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "abuse": disabuse. (additional references) | |
Words containing "abuse": disabused, disabuses, syllabuses, unabused. (additional references) | |
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"Abuse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abasa, abasr, Abbotsey, abos, abose, aboss, aboue, Abrus, Absey, Absu, absue, absus, abtuse, abuce, abue, abuke, Abune, abus, abusee, abuti, abuz, abyse, acuse, aduse, albue, Aoussou, Apbus, apuse, aquse, Arbuzov, aruse, asuse, ause, Ausi, bause, bauz, buse, Ebus, Ibusa, Mabuse, Mabuza, Maubisse, Nabulsi, obuse, ubuse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abuse" (pronounced ubyuw"s or ubyuw"z) |
| 5 | u b y uw" s | disabuse. |
| 3 | -y uw" s | diffuse, disuse, excuse, misuse, profuse, reuse, use. |
| 5 | u b y uw" z | disabuse. |
| 3 | -y uw" z | accuse, amuse, confuse, bemuse, cues, defuse, diffuse, ewes, excuse, fuse, Hews, hues, infuse, miscues, misuse, muse, overuse, pews, queues, recuse, refuse, reuse, reviews, revues, skews, spews, suffuse, transfuse, use, views. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: beaus. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-s-u" | |
-1 letter: base, beau, sabe, suba. | |
-2 letters: abs, bas, bus, eau, sab, sae, sau, sea, sub, sue, use. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, as, ba, be, es, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-s-u" | |
+1 letter: abused, abuser, abuses, basque, beauts, bursae, daubes, suable, subsea, usable. | |
+2 letters: abduces, abjures, abusers, abusive, arbutes, aubades, baguets, barques, bascule, basques, battues, baubees, baubles, beauish, because, bedaubs, belauds, belugas, bubales, bureaus, bursate, bursera, butanes, cubages, daubers, nebulas, rubaces, rubasse, sambuke, subarea, subbase, subdean, subhead, subidea, sublate, subpena, subrace, subsale, sunbeam, surbase, unbased, unbears, upbears, upbeats, useable, useably. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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