ill-use

An archaic verb meaning to treat someone badly, cruelly, or unfairly; to abuse or mistreat.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter Ausdruck dafür, jemanden schlecht, grausam oder ungerecht zu behandeln; jemanden zu missbrauchen oder zu schikanieren.

1. Treat badly or unfairly C1 formal

   To treat someone in a cruel, unfair, or harmful manner.

   • The prisoners were ill-used by their captors.
   • She felt ill-used by her employer after years of loyal service.
   • History records how the minority group was ill-used by the ruling class.

   🇩🇪schlecht behandeln

   Synonyme: abuseharmhurtill-treatinjuremistreatmisuseoppresswrong

   Antonyme: carecherishprotectrespecttreat

• ill-used past participle
• ill-used past simple
• ill-using present participle
• ill-uses third person singular