Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to abuse
Participle: abused
Gerund: abusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | abuse |
| you | abuse |
| he;she;it | abuses |
| we | abuse |
| you | abuse |
| they | abuse |
Perfect
| I | have abused |
| you | have abused |
| he;she;it | has abused |
| we | have abused |
| you | have abused |
| they | have abused |
Past
| I | abused |
| you | abused |
| he;she;it | abused |
| we | abused |
| you | abused |
| they | abused |
Pluperfect
| I | had abused |
| you | had abused |
| he;she;it | had abused |
| we | had abused |
| you | had abused |
| they | had abused |
Future
| I | will abuse |
| you | will abuse |
| he;she;it | will abuse |
| we | will abuse |
| you | will abuse |
| they | will abuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abused |
| you | will have abused |
| he;she;it | will have abused |
| we | will have abused |
| you | will have abused |
| they | will have abused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | abuse |
| you | abuse |
| he;she;it | abuse |
| we | abuse |
| you | abuse |
| they | abuse |
Perfect
| I | have abused |
| you | have abused |
| he;she;it | have abused |
| we | have abused |
| you | have abused |
| they | have abused |
Imperfect
| I | abused |
| you | abused |
| he;she;it | abused |
| we | abused |
| you | abused |
| they | abused |
Pluperfect
| I | had abused |
| you | had abused |
| he;she;it | had abused |
| we | had abused |
| you | had abused |
| they | had abused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would abuse |
| you | would abuse |
| he;she;it | would abuse |
| we | would abuse |
| you | would abuse |
| they | would abuse |
Perfect
| I | would have abused |
| you | would have abused |
| he;she;it | would have abused |
| we | would have abused |
| you | would have abused |
| they | would have abused |
Imperative
| you | abuse |
| we | Let's abuse |
| you | abuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'abuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'abuse'
abase,
amuse,
abash,
abate,
abduce,
abide,
abjure,
able,
ablude,
ablute,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
- affront, burn, carry, cut down, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, misbid, misrespect, misuse, offend, sledge, slight, sneap, wound
- ill-treat
- betray, misuse, deceive, mistreat, subvert, mishandle, desecrate, misapply
- harm
- mistreat, wrong, molest, hurt, ill-use, maltreat, injure, attack
- malign
- assail, asperse, berate, insult, libel, defame, denounce, disparage
Antonyms
- harm
- boon, benefit, blessing, favor
- malign
- praise, laud, applaud, extol
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English abusen, from Middle French abuser, from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor (“to use up, misuse, consume”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ūtor (“to use”). See: Middle English '
abusen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and I hope I _shall_ have a chance, I do ! Things have got to a pretty pass, if a woman can't give a warm supper and a bed to poor, starving creatures, just because they are slaves, and have been abused and oppressed all their lives, poor things ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] often noticed, in my travels north, how much stronger this was with you than with us. You loathe them as you would a snake or a toad, yet you are indignant at their wrongs. You would not have them abused; but you don't want to have anything to do with them yourselves. You would send them to Africa, out of your sight and smell, and then send a missionary or two to do up all the self-denial of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It is not for ears polite to hear the particulars of the first toilet of a neglected, abused child. In fact, in this world, multitudes must live and die in a state that it would be too great a shock to the nerves of their fellow-mortals even to hear described. Miss Ophelia had a good, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] with his blue eyes and golden hair, his ethereally flexible form and vivacious features; and Alfred, dark-eyed, with haughty Roman profile, firmly-knit limbs, and decided bearing. They were always abusing each other's opinions and practices, and yet never a whit the less absorbed in each other's society; in fact, the very contrariety seemed to unite them, like the attraction between opposite poles of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] you not to talk quite so loud, as there are people on board the boat who might not be quite so tolerant to opinion as I am. You had better wait till I get up to my plantation, and there you may abuse us all, quite at your leisure. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)