abuse
Because it is a word with a single syllable, abuse is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofabuse
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Synonyms: misuse
Example: "All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad."
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Synonyms: contumely, insult, invective, opprobrium, reproach, scurrility
- Catachresis.
Synonyms: abusio
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
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