Thesaurus / ill treat
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synonyms for ill treat
- beat up
- bludgeon
- drub
- lacerate
- molest
- mug
- pummel
- rough up
- thrash
- trample
- bang
- bash
- batter
- beat
- buffet
- claw
- clean
- flagellate
- flail
- hit
- hurt
- ill-treat
- lash
- maltreat
- muscle
- paste
- paw
- pelt
- pound
- skin
- wax
- whip
- break face
- handle roughly
- knock about
- knock around
- lean on
- let have it
- put in the hospital
- take care of
- work over
- corrupt
- exploit
- mistreat
- pervert
- squander
- blow
- brutalize
- desecrate
- dissipate
- ill-treat
- maltreat
- maul
- misapply
- molest
- outrage
- profane
- prostitute
- waste
- wrong
- cut up
- go through
- handle roughly
- mess up
- misemploy
- run through
- shake up
- aggrieve
- incense
- infuriate
- insult
- scandalize
- shock
- affront
- defile
- deflower
- desecrate
- force
- injure
- jar
- madden
- maltreat
- mistreat
- misuse
- oppress
- persecute
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- spoil
- violate
- boil over
- burn up
- do violence to
- fire up
- ill-treat
- kick up a row
- make hit the ceiling
- raise Cain
- reach boiling point
- whip up
- expel
- harass
- hound
- injure
- maltreat
- molest
- oppress
- outrage
- pick on
- pursue
- torture
- victimize
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- badger
- bait
- beat
- bother
- crucify
- distress
- dog
- dragoon
- exile
- hector
- hunt
- ill-treat
- martyr
- pester
- plague
- tease
- tyrannize
- vex
- worry
- be on one's case
- drive up the wall
- beat up
- corrupt
- harm
- impair
- maltreat
- mistreat
- misuse
- molest
- persecute
- victimize
- violate
- damage
- defile
- deprave
- desecrate
- hose
- ill-treat
- mar
- mishandle
- oppress
- pollute
- roughhouse
- ruin
- spoil
- taint
- total
- wax
- bang up
- bung up
- cut up
- mess up
- rough up
- shake up
- cheat
- defame
- offend
- abuse
- aggrieve
- damage
- discredit
- dishonor
- harm
- hurt
- ill-treat
- injure
- malign
- maltreat
- misrepresent
- mistreat
- oppress
- outrage
- persecute
- impose upon
- take advantage of
- dissipate
- exhaust
- ill-use
- maltreat
- mishandle
- mistreat
- misuse
- overburden
- overtax
- overwork
- prostitute
- spoil
- squander
- taint
- waste
- misemploy
- dissipate
- exhaust
- ill-treat
- maltreat
- mishandle
- mistreat
- misuse
- overburden
- overtax
- overwork
- prostitute
- spoil
- squander
- taint
- waste
- misemploy
- bribe
- contaminate
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- harm
- impair
- misuse
- ruin
- subvert
- taint
- undermine
- violate
- warp
- abase
- abuse
- adulterate
- animalize
- bastardize
- blemish
- blight
- damage
- debauch
- decay
- decompose
- deface
- defile
- deform
- deprave
- depreciate
- despoil
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishonor
- fix
- hurt
- ill-treat
- infect
- injure
- lower
- lure
- maltreat
- mar
- mistreat
- outrage
- putrefy
- ravage
- reduce
- rot
- spoil
- square
- stain
- suborn
- vitiate
- waste
- grease palm
- pull down
- torment
- afflict
- agonize
- bedevil
- bother
- harrow
- ill-treat
- lampoon
- pan
- ridicule
- smite
- torture
- try
- tear to pieces
- wipe the floor with
- abuse
- cripple
- damage
- hurt
- impair
- inconvenience
- maim
- mar
- outrage
- prejudice
- ruin
- sabotage
- sap
- shatter
- shock
- tarnish
- trample
- traumatize
- undermine
- wreck
- blemish
- bruise
- crush
- dilapidate
- discommode
- get
- ill-treat
- incommode
- maltreat
- mangle
- misuse
- molest
- mutilate
- nick
- scathe
- spoil
- stab
- total
- tweak
- vandalize
- vitiate
- wing
- wound
- wrench
- wrong
- zing
- disserve
- do violence to
- dump on
- louse up
- mess up
- muck up
- put down
- compliment
- flatter
- please
- praise
- aid
- assist
- gladden
- help
- honor
- make happy
- sanctify
- satisfy
- soothe
- treat well
- delight
- aid
- assist
- delight
- help
- make happy
- please
- protect
- comfort
- ignore
- let go
- neglect
- soothe
- commend
- console
- reward
- aid
- assist
- help
- improve
- please
- protect
- treat well
- clean
- grow
- honor
- purify
- sanctify
- acclaim
- adulate
- approve
- benefit
- care for
- cherish
- commend
- compliment
- defend
- esteem
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- respect
- revere
- treasure
- compliment
- aid
- assist
- benefit
- commend
- credit
- cure
- delight
- esteem
- favor
- fix
- heal
- help
- honor
- improve
- make happy
- mend
- please
- praise
- soothe
- treat well
- sympathize
- aid
- assist
- boost
- clean
- elevate
- enhance
- help
- honor
- improve
- obey
- purify
- upgrade
- adorn
- approve
- beautify
- benefit
- bless
- build
- cherish
- cleanse
- commend
- compliment
- cure
- decorate
- develop
- embellish
- esteem
- exalt
- favor
- flourish
- grow
- heal
- ignore
- increase
- laud
- mend
- neglect
- ornament
- please
- praise
- preserve
- protect
- raise
- repair
- respect
- save
- strengthen
- treat well
- better
- chasten
- dignify
- aid
- approve
- assist
- benefit
- build
- create
- cure
- fix
- heal
- help
- mend
- please
- repair
- respect
- strengthen
- lose
- make happy
- protect
- surrender
- yield
- care
- improve
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How to use ill treat in a sentence
These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSAnd for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSG was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUS"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThere is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThe Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONNot only are they required to do things in a proper orderly manner, but people have to treat them with due deference.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYHe chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODI mean it is well my mother is ill, and doesn't wish to eat, for there would be nothing for her, if she did.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONFor good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY