Harassment vs. Abuse
Harassmentnoun
Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
Harassmentnoun
Deliberate pestering or annoying.
Harassmentnoun
Excessive intimidation.
Harassmentnoun
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
Harassmentnoun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
Harassmentnoun
the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Harassment
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness.
Abusenoun
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Abusenoun
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Abusenoun
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Abusenoun
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Abusenoun
Catachresis.
Abusenoun
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Abusenoun
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
Abuseverb
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
Abuseverb
To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
Abuseverb
To violate; defile; to rape.
Abuseverb
Misrepresent; adulterate.
Abuseverb
To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
Abuseverb
Disuse.
Abuseverb
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
Abuseverb
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
Abuseverb
To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Abuseverb
To dishonor.
Abuseverb
To violate; to ravish.
Abuseverb
To deceive; to impose on.
Abusenoun
Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
Abusenoun
Physical ill treatment; injury.
Abusenoun
A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
Abusenoun
Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
Abusenoun
Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
Abusenoun
cruel or inhumane treatment
Abusenoun
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;
Abusenoun
improper or excessive use
Abuseverb
treat badly;
Abuseverb
change the inherent purpose or function of something;
Abuseverb
use foul or abusive language towards;
Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression.
