'ill-use' definitions:
Definition of 'ill-use'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'ill-use'
From: GCIDE
- ill-use \ill-use\ v.
- 1. to treat badly.
- Syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-treat. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'ill-use'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- active use,
- appliance,
- application,
- atrocity,
- batter,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- bruise,
- buffet,
- consumption,
- do violence to,
- do wrong by,
- do wrong to,
- drain,
- employ,
- employment,
- exercise,
- exertion,
- exploit,
- good use,
- hard usage,
- hard use,
- ill use,
- ill-treat,
- ill-treatment,
- ill-usage,
- impose upon,
- injure,
- injury,
- knock about,
- make use of,
- maltreat,
- maltreatment,
- manhandle,
- manipulate,
- maul,
- milk,
- mishandle,
- mistreat,
- mistreatment,
- misuse,
- molest,
- molestation,
- outrage,
- play on,
- presume upon,
- rough,
- rough up,
- rough usage,
- savage,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- take advantage of,
- usage,
- use,
- use ill,
- using up,
- violation,
- violence,
- work on,
- work upon,
- wrong use