Read full poem →‘Of course she has; but you’ve not heard
‘ How I abused you to the Dean ;—
‘Yes, I'll take wine ; he’s mad, like her ;
Dictionary Entry
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
In a Sentence
“He abused his authority.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. abusedchildren abusedabused sexuallyabused muchabused physically
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “abused”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But fear to wander all confused,
By two-fold fealty abused.
Either should I the one forget,
Read full poem →Too noble for this world, a pity too,
Abused too much by women. I came back,
Was hired in a bank; had I gone on
Read full poem →With talents passing most of my compeers,
Which I in just proportion have abused—
As far surpassing other common villains
Read full poem →For civilly swearing and quaffing;
I ance was abused in the kirk,
Fer touzling a lass i' my daffin.
Read full poem →and if they exercised the freedom well, that he would greatly
honor them with eternal power; and if they abused the free-
dom, that he would then punish them with death? He or-
Read full poem →sought and had his more intimate friendship, till in his correspondence
he playfully abused the first syllable of their name and called them
Mr. and Mrs. Frog.
Read full poem →Which now contented with our lot
We climb--that piteously abused
Ye plung'd in anger and confused: 1819.]