abusing

US: /əbˈjuzɪŋ/
UK: /ɐbjˈuːsɪŋ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


abuse /ə'bju:s/
  • danh từ
    • sự lạm dụng, sự lộng hành
      • abuse of power: sự lạm quyền
      • to remedy abuses: sửa chữa thói lạm dụng
    • thói xấu, hủ tục
    • sự lăng mạ, sự sỉ nhục, sự chửi rủa, sự xỉ vả
    • sự nói xấu, sự gièm pha
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) sự ngược đãi, sự hành hạ
      • an abuse of animals: sự hành hạ súc vật
  • ngoại động từ
    • lạm dụng (quyền hành...)
    • lăng mạ, sỉ nhục, chửi rủa
    • nói xấu, gièm pha
      • to abuse somebody behind his bock: nói xấu sau lưng ai
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) lừa dối, lừa gạt
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) ngược đãi, hành hạ

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 misuse, misemploy, pervert, misapply, exploit:
The officer abused his authority in ordering the forced march at midnight.
2 maltreat, ill-use, injure, wrong, hurt, mistreat, manhandle, ill-treat; damage:
I cannot stand by and watch that drunk abuse his wife and family.
3 malign, revile, censure, upbraid, assail, objurgate, lambaste, berate, rebuke, scold, reproach, disparage, traduce, defame, insult, swear at, curse (at), calumniate, slander, libel, decry, deprecate, vilify, rail against:
In the report the director was abused in the most virulent terms.
n.
4 misuse, misusage, misemployment, perversion, misapplication, misappropriation, Rhetoric catachresis:
Beware of imitating his abuse of the language.
5 addiction, dependence:
They are being treated for drug abuse at the local clinic.
6 maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill use, fault:
It seemed perfectly natural that he should defend abuses by which he profited.
7 self-abuse, self-pollution, masturbation, violation, defilement; corruption:
The schoolmasters consistently lectured the boys against any abuse of themselves.
8 revilement, reviling, execration, vituperation, malediction, imprecation, tongue-lashing, calumny, calumniation, vilification, obloquy, scurrility, invective, maligning, upbraiding, berating, objurgation, scolding; billingsgate:
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.

Concise English dictionary


abuses|abused|abusingə'bjuːz
noun
+cruel or inhumane treatment
+a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
+improper or excessive use
verb
+treat badly
+change the inherent purpose or function of something
+use foul or abusive language towards
+use wrongly or improperly or excessively