Mis using


Synonyms for mis using
verb abuse; apply wrongly

corrupt
exploit
pervert
squander
mistreat
blow
profane

ill-treat
brutalize
maltreat
wrong
desecrate
dissipate
misapply

outrage
molest
waste
maul
prostitute
cut up
go through

mess up
run through
shake up
handle roughly
misemploy

Antonyms for mis using

assist
hoard
guard

protect
save
make happy

please
use correctly

Synonyms
verb physically hurt or injure

harm
violate
maltreat
impair
corrupt
persecute
mistreat
misuse
molest

beat up
victimize
defile
roughhouse
mishandle
pollute
ill-treat
ruin
damage

mar
taint
hose
desecrate
spoil
wax
deprave
total
oppress

cut up
mess up
rough up
shake up
bang up
bung up

Antonyms

aid
assist
improve
protect
clean
honor
purify
sanctify
grow
cherish

preserve
respect
benefit
prize
revere
acclaim
adulate
compliment
praise
treasure

help
treat well
please
defend
care for
esteem
approve
commend

Synonyms
verb use wrongly

misuse
squander
exhaust
spoil

taint
overwork
dissipate
mishandle

overburden
waste
prostitute
overtax

misemploy

Antonyms

hoard
cherish
preserve
protect
respect
benefit
prize

revere
acclaim
adulate
compliment
praise
honor
treasure

save
defend
help
care for
esteem
approve
commend

Synonyms
verb pervert; pollute

harm
debase
violate
subvert
ruin
taint
warp
impair
demean
undermine
contaminate
bribe
misuse
demoralize
degrade

deface
defile
square
disgrace
deform
suborn
debauch
reduce
maltreat
bastardize
rot
abase
injure
fix
dishonor

damage
ravage
vitiate
mistreat
blight
stain
waste
depreciate
lure
mar
disfigure
infect
hurt
deprave
abuse

spoil
despoil
adulterate
animalize
lower
blemish
ill-treat
decay
outrage
putrefy
decompose
pull down
grease palm

Antonyms

aid
assist
improve
honor
upgrade
clean
enhance
purify
obey
adorn
beautify
embellish
mend
ornament
exalt
respect
cleanse

grow
increase
praise
cherish
heal
ignore
benefit
protect
preserve
compliment
laud
better
chasten
dignify
help
elevate
boost

decorate
repair
esteem
raise
strengthen
treat well
build
flourish
cure
neglect
bless
favor
save
please
approve
commend
develop

Synonyms
verb expend, spend

deplete
blow
consume
dump
lavish

misspend
misuse
waste
squander
run through

throw away
fritter away
use up
be wasteful with
burn up

indulge oneself
kiss goodbye
trifle away

Antonyms

hoard
accumulate
save

starve
build
collect

gather
appear

Synonyms
verb steal money, often from employer

misappropriate
pilfer
purloin
filch

appropriate
skim
misuse
loot

abstract
thieve
misapply
forge

peculate
defalcate
put hand in cookie jar
put hand in till

Antonyms

reimburse
give

receive
compensate

pay
return

Synonyms
verb injure; cause evil

shock
wreck
tarnish
ruin
inconvenience
shatter
damage
cripple
hurt
impair
maim
trample
abuse
prejudice

outrage
mar
sap
sabotage
traumatize
undermine
tweak
scathe
bruise
zing
molest
total
wound
maltreat

crush
nick
vitiate
vandalize
get
wrong
stab
spoil
misuse
mutilate
blemish
ill-treat
wrench
discommode

incommode
mangle
wing
mess up
put down
disserve
louse up
dilapidate
do violence to
dump on
muck up

Antonyms

create
aid
assist
benefit
mend
heal
respect
protect

surrender
improve
build
repair
fix
help
strengthen
cure

please
approve
make happy
lose
yield
care

Synonyms
verb use wrongly; steal

embezzle
misuse
plunder

misspend
swindle
rob

pocket
appropriate
abuse

misapply
peculate
defalcate

Antonyms

give

use wisely

Synonyms
verb mess up

abuse
blow
blunder
botch
bungle
confound
err
flub
foul up

fumble
goof
harm
misapply
misconduct
mistreat
misuse
muff
overlook

pervert
prostitute
screw up
gum up
be incompetent
be inefficient
goof up
make a hash of
make a mess of

maladminister
misdirect
misemploy
misgovern
put foot in
shoot oneself in foot

Antonyms

handle

manage

Synonyms
verb treat badly or wrongly

harm
maltreat
abuse
brutalize
misuse
molest
maul
rough up

backbite
injure
roughhouse
wound
trash
rip
chop
wrong

wax
outrage
total
bash
mess up
shake up
bung up
do wrong

dump on
give black eye
handle roughly
kick around
knock around
push around

Antonyms

aid
assist
benefit
protect
guard

heal
pamper
pet
help
cure

coddle
favor
please
satisfy
treat well

Synonyms
verb physically abuse

fondle
accost
maltreat
rape
injure

hinder
disturb
intrude
disorganize
displace

hurt
attack
harm
encroach
misuse

assail
interfere
meddle
illtreat

Antonyms

aid
assist
calm
soothe
organize

guard
protect
help
order
leave

be careful
cheer
make happy
please

Synonyms
verb kill

shoot
execute
slay
massacre
slaughter
butcher
exterminate
destroy
assassinate
behead
strangle
decapitate
lynch

asphyxiate
dispatch
mar
guillotine
snuff
ruin
abolish
eliminate
waste
knife
electrocute
finish
hit

liquidate
hang
smother
spoil
misuse
chill
off
cool
drub
defeat
thrash
extinguish
mangle

eradicate
bump off
do in
knock off
put away
rub out
garotte
blot out
dust off
take a life
take for a ride
take out

Antonyms

create
aid
heal
construct
grow
institute
ratify
preserve
heat

warm
guard
protect
bear
give birth
keep
help
build
continue

establish
save
start
lose
light
encourage
inspirit

Synonyms
verb wrong, offend, abuse

scandalize
infuriate
shock
incense
insult
aggrieve
defile
force
affront

ravish
maltreat
injure
jar
madden
ravage
desecrate
persecute
spoil

mistreat
misuse
deflower
oppress
rape
violate
whip up
raise Cain
boil over

burn up
do violence to
fire up
kick up a row
make hit the ceiling
reach boiling point
ill- treat

Antonyms

compliment
praise
honor
sanctify
soothe

aid
assist
gladden
delight
flatter

please
satisfy
treat well
help
make happy

Synonyms
verb twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct

debase
distort
warp
desecrate
vitiate
misinterpret
misrepresent
falsify
misconstrue
color

debauch
fake
corrupt
cut
doctor
ruin
mistreat
outrage
divert
animalize

fudge
demoralize
garble
spike
misstate
water
brainwash
abuse
misuse
adulterate

prostitute
seduce
deprave
alloy
salt
doctor up
phony up

Antonyms

honor
praise
clean
cleanse

improve
purify
moralize
straighten

represent
please
leave alone

Synonyms
verb defile, desecrate

pervert
debase
pollute
blaspheme
curse
violate
swear
damn
vitiate

contaminate
scorn
trash
mock
cuss
hoodoo
despoil
befoul
misuse

prostitute
revile
abuse
flame
voodoo
vice
tar
darn
be evil

commit sacrilege
commit sin
do wrong
mudsling
put double whammy on
talk dirty

Antonyms

clean
purify
cherish
exalt

praise
protect
cleanse
commend

help
approve

Synonyms
verb to put one’s talent to an unworthy use

debase
pervert
demean
cheapen

profane
debauch
devalue
misuse

abuse
degrade
misapply
corrupt

deprave
vitiate
misemploy

Antonyms

upgrade
enhance
improve
increase

cleanse
purify
protect
honor

raise
help
approve

Synonyms
verb penalize for wrongdoing

discipline
incarcerate
harm
dismiss
expel
sentence
chastise
execute
hurt
abuse
fine
correct

spank
paddle
castigate
exile
reprove
whip
injure
debar
maltreat
lecture
beat
blacklist

train
batter
misuse
chasten
scourge
immure
switch
cuff
lash
flog
oppress
beat up

do in
knock about
rough up
crack down on
defrock
attend to
give a going over
give the works
rap knuckles
slap wrist
teach a lesson
throw the book at

Antonyms

aid
assist
benefit
preserve
welcome
compliment

praise
surrender
guard
protect
award
exonerate

reward
help
lose
boost
let go

Synonyms
verb use time; occupy

consume
devote
employ
kill
go

waste
squander
drift
idle
pass

misuse
fill
laze
fritter
fool around

put in
let pass
while away

Antonyms

misuse
create
use
build

save
take
earn
get

receive
be lazy

Synonyms
verb fritter away, use up

blow
misuse
expend
waste
lavish
trifle

consume
spend
dissipate
misspend
scatter
go through

put out
run through
throw away
frivol
be prodigal with
be wasteful

cash out
frivol away
prodigalize
spend like water
spring for
throw money around

Antonyms

hoard
accumulate

save
collect

gather
set aside

Synonyms
verb toy with; mess around

squander
dawdle
twiddle
coquet
wanton
monkey
doodle
putter
lounge
philander
waste

fool
play
dilly-dally
palter
toy
fidget
misuse
dally
dabble
flirt
idle

loiter
fritter
fool around
horse around
string along
waste time
lollygag
potter
amuse oneself
be insincere
fool with

fribble
futz around
indulge in
lead on
mess with
monkey with
play games with
play with
use up
wink at

Antonyms

hoard
hasten
hurry

save
push
rush

work

Synonyms
verb spend or use without thought; dwindle

blow
exhaust
drain
consume
lavish
deplete
dissipate
lose
misuse
divert
undermine
squander
ebb

wane
debilitate
crumble
enfeeble
decrease
sap
disappear
decline
gnaw
droop
decay
fade
misapply

empty
perish
splurge
disable
wear
atrophy
wilt
corrode
wither
thin
sink
run through
throw away

wear out
fritter away
emaciate
be of no avail
burn up
eat away
frivol away
gamble away
go to waste
misemploy
pour down the drain
run dry
trifle away

Antonyms

accumulate
hoard
increase
grow
aid
assist
improve
bloom

create
preserve
succeed
save
fill
collect
gather
starve

maintain
rise
raise
help
strengthen
build
develop

Synonyms
verb bobble

err
botch
flub
muff
fumble
mistreat
misuse
bungle

blow
goof
harm
pervert
overlook
blunder
confound
abuse

misapply
misconduct
prostitute
foul up
mess up
screw up
gum up
misdirect

misgovern
be incompetent
be inefficient
goof up
maladminister
misemploy
mismanager

Antonyms

benefit
honor
respect

do well
succeed
fix

help

Synonyms
verb abuse

victimize
misuse

harm
damage

mishandle
injure

Antonyms

aid
assist
benefit

improve
mend
fix

help
treat well

Synonyms
verb abuse

ill-use
exhaust
squander
overwork

maltreat
taint
overburden
mishandle

dissipate
spoil
mistreat
misuse

waste
prostitute
overtax
misemploy

Antonyms

hoard

save

treat well

Synonyms
verb abuse

exhaust
squander
ill-treat
overwork

maltreat
taint
overburden
mishandle

dissipate
spoil
mistreat
misuse

waste
prostitute
overtax
misemploy

Antonyms

hoard

save

treat well

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