maltreat maltose • maltreated · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · maltreat · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) treat badly. Synonyms: mistreat, abuse, ill-use, 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 abuse · · Synonym 2 ill-use · · Synonym 3 step · · Synonym 4 ill-treat · · Synonym 5 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074