'Misusage' definitions:
Definition of 'Misusage'
From: GCIDE
- Misusage \Mis*us"age\ (m[i^]s*[=u]z"[asl]j), n. [Cf. F. m['e]susage.] Bad treatment; abuse. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misusage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- anacoluthon,
- antiphrasis,
- barbarism,
- befoulment,
- bull,
- catachresis,
- conversion,
- corrupt administration,
- corruption,
- debasement,
- defalcation,
- defilement,
- desecration,
- diversion,
- embezzlement,
- fluff,
- folk etymology,
- fouling,
- grammatical error,
- hypercorrection,
- hyperform,
- infelicity,
- Irish bull,
- maladministration,
- malaprop,
- malapropism,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malversation,
- marrowsky,
- misapplication,
- misappropriation,
- misconduct,
- misconstruction,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- mispronunciation,
- missaying,
- misuse,
- peculation,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- profanation,
- prostitution,
- solecism,
- spoonerism,
- ungrammaticism,
- violation