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6. Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. Syn. To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify; vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign. Abuse Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? Syn. Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult; opprobrium. Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by anger, and vented in harsh and unseemly words. It is more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse generally takes place in private quarrels; invective in writing or public discussions. Invective may be conveyed in refined language and dictated by indignation against what is blameworthy. C. J. Smith. |
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