ill-treat ill-tongued • ill-treated · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · ill-treat · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (verb) treat badly. Synonyms: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step. Examples: "This boss abuses his workers." "She is always stepping on others to get ahead." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · mistreat · · Synonym 1 maltreat · · Synonym 2 abuse · · Synonym 3 ill-use · · Synonym 4 step · · Synonym 5 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074