Thesaurus / ill-treat

ill-treat

How to use ill-treat in a sentence

These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.

And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.

G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.

The Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.

Not only are they required to do things in a proper orderly manner, but people have to treat them with due deference.

He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

I mean it is well my mother is ill, and doesn't wish to eat, for there would be nothing for her, if she did.

For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985