mishandelen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
- maltreat verb To treat someone or something cruelly or unfairly.
- maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- mistreat verb To treat someone or something badly or cruelly.
- spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
Senses
mishandelen is used for these senses in English:
- abuse (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
- maltreat To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]
- maul To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- mistreat (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
- spite (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
abuse — full definition
- noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
- noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
- verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
- verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.
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