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Synonyms & Antonyms of ill-use
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
- some of the employees felt so ill-used by the new manager that they quit
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- baby,
- cater (to),
- coddle,
- favor,
- gratify,
- humor,
- indulge,
- mollycoddle,
- pamper,
- spoil
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The first known use of ill-use was in 1841
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