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past participle of abuse.
past tense form of abuse.

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dull adj.
exploited adj.
maligned adj.
oppressed adj.
perverted adj.
raped adj.

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

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dismal dreary dry flat humdrum ordinary repetitive stale stupid tame tedious tiresome uninspiring

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driveling plain stock tired

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archaic arid big yawn blah colorless common commonplace dead familiar hackneyed heavy ho-hum hoary insipid jejune longwinded mid monotonous oft-repeated out-of-date pointless prolix prosaic prosy repetitious routine run-of-the-mill soporific trite unimaginative usual usual thing vapid worn-out

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bright exciting happy interesting light lively pleasant

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active clear eventful intelligent keen knifelike luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

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exploited

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oppressed overburdened

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milked overworked

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taken advantage of

ADJECTIVE

maligned

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rejected scorned

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

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destitute distressed enslaved exploited helpless persecuted

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burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

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a slave to abject at one's feet at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

ADJECTIVE

perverted

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abandoned contorted corrupt corrupted debased debauched defiled depraved deviating distorted impaired misguided misused outraged polluted sick tainted twisted vitiate vitiated warped

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aberrant abnormal deviant foreign grotesque kinky monstrous unhealthy unnatural vicious wicked

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clean cleansed healthy honorable moral noble pure purified straight uncorrupt upright virtuous well wholesome

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good

ADJECTIVE

raped

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STRONG

despoiled ravished

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Yes, every system, in every field, gets abused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Blair, whose IMDb site lists dozens of movies and television shows dating back to 1968, founded the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in 2003 to rehabilitate and rescue abandoned and abused animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Oppression occurred, he saw, when governments and most people simply ignored the poor or, worse, abused them.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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