ill-use ill-usage • illusion-proof · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · ill-use · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 7 · · Length Definitions · · · (verb) treat badly. Synonyms: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, step, ill-treat. 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 step · · Synonym 4 ill-treat · · Synonym 5 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075