ill-used

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

It's pronounced as /ˈɪl ˌyuzd/


What is synonym and antonym for ill-used?

In the thesaurus, “ill-used” has 28 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for ill-used

Antonyms for ill-used

  • babied
  • cherished
  • coddled
  • favored
  • fostered
  • gratified
  • humored
  • indulged
  • mollycoddled
  • nurtured
  • pampered
  • spoiled
  • spoilt

Example Sentences

  • Despite his loyalty, he felt ill-used by his employer, who consistently overlooked his contributions.
  • The antique furniture, once cherished, now appeared worn and ill-used after years of neglect.
  • She recounted stories of being ill-used in her previous job, where her efforts were taken for granted and her ideas ignored.
  • The historic building stood as a reminder of its ill-used past, bearing scars from years of mistreatment and neglect.
  • The community rallied to support the victims of ill-used public resources, demanding accountability and reform from local officials.

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ill-used, such as: abused, babied, brutalized, bullied, burned, burnt, cherished.

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

Related Words

maladministered

maltreated

  • a slave to
  • abject
  • abused
  • ambushed
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bashed
  • battered
  • beat
  • browbeaten
  • brutalized
  • buffeted
  • bullied
  • burdened
  • burned
  • burnt
  • clobbered
  • cowed
  • crushed
  • despairing
  • destitute
  • disheartened
  • dispirited
  • distressed
  • downcast
  • downtrodden
  • drubbed
  • enslaved
  • exploited
  • fought
  • harassed
  • harmed
  • have-not
  • hectored
  • helpless
  • hit
  • hopeless
  • hurt
  • ill-treated
  • ill-used
  • injured
  • intimidated
  • jumped
  • kicked around
  • knocked
  • lambasted
  • led by the nose
  • licked
  • manhandled
  • mauled
  • messed over
  • mishandled
  • mistreated
  • misused
  • molested
  • needy
  • oppressed
  • outraged
  • overcome
  • persecuted
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • pounded
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • roughhoused
  • sandbagged
  • slapped
  • subjugated
  • subservient
  • suppressed
  • thrashed
  • took apart
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • tyrannized
  • underdog
  • underfoot
  • victimized
  • violated
  • wounded
  • wrestled
  • wronged

abused

  • a slave to
  • abandoned
  • aberrant
  • abject
  • abnormal
  • affronted
  • archaic
  • arid
  • aspersed
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • bashed
  • beat up on
  • belabored
  • belittled
  • berated
  • big yawn
  • blackguarded
  • blah
  • blasphemed
  • blasted
  • bled
  • browbeaten
  • brutalized
  • bullied
  • burdened
  • burned
  • burnt
  • castigated
  • chastised
  • cheated
  • chid
  • chided
  • colorless
  • commercialized
  • commodified
  • common
  • commonplace
  • contorted
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • cowed
  • criticized
  • crushed
  • cursed
  • dead
  • debased
  • debauched
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • depraved
  • desecrated
  • despairing
  • despoiled
  • destitute
  • deviant
  • deviating
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • disparaged
  • dispirited
  • distorted
  • distressed
  • downcast
  • downtrodden
  • dreary
  • driveling
  • dry
  • enslaved
  • excoriated
  • execrated
  • exploited
  • familiar
  • flat
  • fleeced
  • foreign
  • fulminated
  • grotesque
  • hackneyed
  • harangued
  • harassed
  • harmed
  • harried
  • have-not
  • heavy
  • hectored
  • helpless
  • ho-hum
  • hoary
  • hopeless
  • humdrum
  • hurt
  • ill-treated
  • ill-used
  • impaired
  • imprecated
  • injured
  • insipid
  • insulted
  • intimidated
  • jejune
  • jerked around
  • kicked around
  • kinky
  • lambasted
  • leveraged
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • lit into
  • longwinded
  • maltreated
  • manhandled
  • manipulated
  • messed over
  • mid
  • milked
  • misapplied
  • misemployed
  • misguided
  • mishandled
  • mismanaged
  • mistreated
  • misused
  • molested
  • monotonous
  • monstrous
  • oft-repeated
  • oppressed
  • ordinary
  • out-of-date
  • outraged
  • overburdened
  • overcharged
  • overworked
  • persecuted
  • perverted
  • pimped
  • plain
  • pointless
  • polluted
  • potshot
  • profaned
  • prolix
  • prosaic
  • prostituted
  • prosy
  • put down
  • ravished
  • rebuked
  • rejected
  • repetitious
  • repetitive
  • reprimanded
  • reviled
  • routine
  • run-of-the-mill
  • sailed into
  • sandbagged
  • savaged
  • scathed
  • scolded
  • scorned
  • sick
  • skinned
  • slammed
  • slandered
  • slurred
  • soaked
  • soporific
  • stale
  • stock
  • stuck
  • stupid
  • subservient
  • suppressed
  • tainted
  • taken advantage of
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tied into
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • took apart
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • traded on
  • traduced
  • trashed
  • trite
  • twisted
  • tyrannized
  • underfoot
  • unhealthy
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • unnatural
  • used
  • usual
  • usual thing
  • vapid
  • vicious
  • victimized
  • vilified
  • violated
  • vitiate
  • vitiated
  • vituperated
  • walked on
  • warped
  • whipped
  • wicked
  • worked
  • worn-out
  • wronged
  • wrought

taken apart

ill-treated

  • abused
  • brutalized
  • bullied
  • burned
  • burnt
  • harassed
  • harmed
  • hurt
  • ill-used
  • injured
  • kicked around
  • maltreated
  • manhandled
  • messed over
  • mishandled
  • mistreated
  • misused
  • molested
  • oppressed
  • outraged
  • persecuted
  • sandbagged
  • took apart
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • victimized
  • violated
  • wronged

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