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ABUSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subjected to cruel treatment
Example:
an abused wife
Synonyms:
abused; ill-treated; maltreated; mistreated
Classified under:
Similar:
battered (exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury)
Antonym:
unabused (not physically abused; treated properly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used improperly or excessively especially drugs
Example:
an abused substance
Classified under:
Similar:
misused (used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb abuse
Context examples:
The studied indifference, insolence, and discontent of her husband gave her no pain; and when he scolded or abused her, she was highly diverted.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Would he cast him off in disgrace, or might he chide him as having abused the shelter of his roof?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Morphine preparations are used as analgesic, sedative, or anxiolytic agent, but are also abused as street drugs.
(Opiate, NCI Thesaurus)
Abused drugs include: • Amphetamines • Anabolic steroids • Club drugs • Cocaine • Heroin • Inhalants • Marijuana • Prescription drugs
(Drug Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
That woman, who has so abused your long- suffering, so sullied your name, so outraged your honour, so blighted your youth, is not your wife, nor are you her husband.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"I didn't know how much till she abused you," began Meg.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He no longer abused himself with short sleep, overwork, and overstudy.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I have perused several books of travels with great delight in my younger days; but having since gone over most parts of the globe, and been able to contradict many fabulous accounts from my own observation, it has given me a great disgust against this part of reading, and some indignation to see the credulity of mankind so impudently abused.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Mrs. Gardiner abused her stupidity.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Indeed, regarding the alignment of Saturn and Pluto on January 12, if anyone has abused their position of authority, whether in your own life or politically, as a leader in the world, things will peak on January 12 but start to decline after this summit has been reached.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
