ill-use

The word “ill-use” has 2 syllables: ill-use

It's pronounced as /ˈɪlˌjus/


What is synonym and antonym for ill-use?

In the thesaurus, “ill-use” has 38 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ill-use along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ill-use

Antonyms for ill-use

  • baby
  • cherish
  • coddle
  • favor
  • foster
  • gratify
  • hoard
  • humor
  • indulge
  • mollycoddle
  • nurture
  • pamper
  • save
  • spoil
  • treat well

Meanings of ill-use

  • noun
    1. Bad, cruel or unkind treatment.
  • verb
    1. To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly.

Example Sentences

  • The landlord promised not to ill-use his authority over the tenants, ensuring fair treatment for all.
  • Animal welfare organizations work tirelessly to prevent the ill-use of animals in entertainment and agriculture.
  • The new regulations aim to deter the ill-use of public funds by implementing stricter oversight measures.
  • The guidelines prohibit the ill-use of company resources for personal gain, promoting ethical conduct in the workplace.
  • Parents must educate their children about the dangers of cyberbullying and the ill-use of social media platforms.

On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ill-use, such as: abuse, baby, brutalize, bully, burn, cherish, coddle.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • smash
  • smash up
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  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • squash
  • stamp out
  • steamroller
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  • violate
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  • withdraw
  • wither
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  • wrack
  • wrack up
  • wreck
  • wrong
  • zap

abuse

  • affront
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bad-mouthing
  • bang up
  • bash
  • beat up
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belittle
  • belittlement
  • berate
  • billingsgate
  • blackguard
  • blackguardism
  • blame
  • blaspheme
  • blasphemy
  • blast
  • bleed
  • blow off
  • broadside
  • brutalize
  • bully
  • bung up
  • burn
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chastisement
  • cheat
  • chide
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • crime
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • curse
  • curses
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • cut up
  • damage
  • debase
  • debasement
  • decry
  • defamation
  • defame
  • defile
  • defilement
  • degrade
  • delinquency
  • deprave
  • derision
  • derogate
  • desecrate
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  • destruction
  • diatribe
  • discount
  • disparage
  • disparagement
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  • do a number on
  • do an injustice to
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  • epithet
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  • excoriation
  • execrate
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  • exhaust
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  • exploit
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  • give a black eye
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  • hose
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  • hurl brickbat
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-treatment
  • ill-usage
  • ill-use
  • impair
  • impairment
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  • imprecate
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  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • insults
  • invective
  • jerk around
  • kick around
  • kicking around
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  • libel
  • light into
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  • malevolence
  • maltreat
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  • minimize
  • misapplication
  • misapply
  • misconduct
  • misdeed
  • misemploy
  • misemployment
  • mishandle
  • mishandling
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  • mismanagement
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  • misusage
  • misuse
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  • molest
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  • outrage
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  • perversion
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  • pollute
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  • prostitute
  • prostitution
  • pushing around
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  • ride
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  • total
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  • upbraiding
  • use
  • victimize
  • vilification
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  • violate
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  • vitriol
  • vituperate
  • vituperation
  • walk on
  • waste
  • wax
  • whip
  • work
  • wrecking
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing
  • zing

ill-treat

kick around

  • absorb
  • abuse
  • accumulate
  • aestivate
  • agitate
  • aim
  • altercate
  • amass
  • amble
  • analyze
  • answer
  • argue
  • aspire to
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  • assimilate
  • backbite
  • bandy
  • bash
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  • bat it around
  • be carried along
  • be in the saddle
  • bear down
  • beat a dead horse
  • beat down
  • believe
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  • bicker
  • bluster
  • boss around
  • brainstorm
  • brawl
  • bring to heel
  • bring to knees
  • brood over
  • browbeat
  • brutalize
  • build castles in air
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • bum
  • bump heads
  • bung up
  • burn
  • call it
  • call the shots
  • call the turn
  • canvass
  • cerebrate
  • challenge
  • chew on
  • chew over
  • chew the cud
  • chew the fat
  • chill
  • chop
  • clash
  • coast
  • coerce
  • cogitate
  • compel
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • confab
  • confute
  • conjecture
  • conquer
  • consider
  • consult
  • contemplate
  • contend
  • contest
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • cool out
  • cross swords
  • cruise
  • crush
  • dally
  • dance
  • dawdle
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • demonstrate
  • deny
  • design
  • differ
  • digest
  • dillydally
  • disaffirm
  • discept
  • discuss
  • disprove
  • dispute
  • do wrong
  • dominate
  • doodle
  • dope out
  • doubt
  • doze
  • draw near
  • drift
  • drone
  • dump on
  • enslave
  • entertain
  • enthrall
  • envisage
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  • estimate
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  • evaluate
  • excogitate
  • expect
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  • eye
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  • flash on
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  • gad
  • gainsay
  • galavant
  • gallivant
  • gather
  • get down to brass tacks
  • give black eye
  • go with the tide
  • go-that-a-way
  • goldbrick
  • gravitate
  • guess
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  • gypsy
  • hammer away at
  • handle roughly
  • hang about
  • harass
  • harm
  • hash
  • hash over
  • hassle
  • have a hunch
  • have at
  • have at it
  • hazard a guess
  • head-trip
  • hector
  • henpeck
  • hibernate
  • hobo
  • hold sway
  • horse around
  • hover
  • hurt
  • hypothesize
  • idle
  • ill-treat
  • ill-use
  • imagine
  • impugn
  • injure
  • inspect
  • intend
  • interpret
  • intimidate
  • investigate
  • judge
  • keep under thumb
  • kick back
  • kill time
  • knock around
  • lag
  • laze
  • lazy
  • lead by the nose
  • linger
  • loaf
  • lock horns
  • loiter
  • loll
  • look at
  • lounge
  • malinger
  • maltreat
  • manhandle
  • maul
  • maunder
  • mean
  • meander
  • meditate
  • meditate on
  • menace
  • mess
  • mess around
  • mess over
  • mess up
  • mind
  • mishandle
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • molest
  • monkey
  • mooch
  • moot
  • mope
  • mosey
  • muck
  • mull over
  • muse
  • muse over
  • negate
  • noodle around
  • observe
  • opine
  • oppose
  • oppress
  • outrage
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overthrow
  • percolate
  • perpend
  • persecute
  • pettifog
  • pick a bone
  • piddle
  • pipe-dream
  • play
  • poke
  • ponder
  • pour it on
  • predominate
  • preponderate
  • prevail
  • propose
  • prove
  • psych out
  • purpose
  • push around
  • push the buttons
  • put down
  • put on thinking cap
  • put up argument
  • quarrel
  • quell
  • question
  • quibble
  • rack brains
  • ramble
  • range
  • read
  • read between lines
  • reason
  • rebut
  • reduce
  • reel back in
  • reflect
  • reflect upon
  • refute
  • rehash
  • reign
  • relax
  • reminisce
  • resolve
  • rest
  • review
  • revolve
  • ride
  • rip
  • roam
  • roll
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • rove
  • rule
  • rule over
  • rule the roost
  • ruminate
  • run it up flagpole
  • run the show
  • run things
  • run up a flagpole
  • sail
  • sandbag
  • saunter
  • scheme
  • scrutinize
  • scud
  • second-guess
  • set to
  • shake up
  • size up
  • skim
  • slide
  • sort out
  • speculate
  • spell out
  • squabble
  • stew over
  • straggle
  • stray
  • stroll
  • study
  • subdue
  • suppose
  • suppress
  • surmise
  • suspect
  • swagger
  • swan
  • sweat over
  • take apart
  • take in
  • take on
  • talk back
  • talk game
  • talk over
  • tame
  • tarry
  • tend
  • test
  • think of
  • think through
  • thrash out
  • threaten
  • throw weight around
  • tinker
  • torment
  • torture
  • toss around
  • total
  • traipse
  • tramp
  • trash
  • trifle
  • triumph
  • truant
  • turn
  • turn over
  • tyrannize
  • vagabond
  • vanquish
  • veg out
  • victimize
  • violate
  • waft
  • wander
  • wash
  • wax
  • weigh
  • wonder
  • wound
  • wrangle
  • wrong

maladminister

  • abuse
  • be incompetent
  • be inefficient
  • blow
  • blunder
  • botch
  • bungle
  • confound
  • damage
  • err
  • fail
  • flub
  • foul up
  • fumble
  • goof
  • goof up
  • gum up
  • harm
  • hurt
  • ill-treat
  • ill-use
  • make a hash of
  • make a mess of
  • maltreat
  • mess up
  • misapply
  • misconduct
  • misdirect
  • misemploy
  • misgovern
  • mishandle
  • mismanage
  • mismanager
  • misrule
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • muff
  • overlook
  • pervert
  • prostitute
  • put foot in
  • screw up
  • shoot oneself in foot
  • violate

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