Synonyms of the word

ill-treat

• v. to treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat.

abuse

• n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice…
• n. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
• n. (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
• n. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
• n. (now rare) Catachresis.
• n. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
• n. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a…
• v. (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose…
• v. (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
• v. (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner…
• v. (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

ill-use

• v. To treat someone badly, cruelly or unkindly.
• n. Bad, cruel or unkind treatment.

maltreat

• v. To treat badly, to abuse.

mistreat

• v. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

step

• n. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
• n. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a…
• n. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
• n. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
• n. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
• n. A small space or distance.
• n. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
• n. A gait; manner of walking.
• n. Proceeding; measure; action; act.
• n. (plural) A walk; passage.
• n. (plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
• n. (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of…
• n. (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series…
• n. (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
• n. (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
• n. (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
• n. (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
• n. (slang) A stepsibling.
• v. (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet…
• v. (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
• v. (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
• v. (transitive) To set, as the foot.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

treat

• v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
• v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
• v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
• v. To provide something special and pleasant.
• n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• n. (obsolete) An entreaty.