MESSED OVER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

messed over

verb

past tense of mess over, slang

as in abused

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years

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Because of Alden’s quick thinking, Danny now has evidence of all the women abused by Hal and the Eastons over the years.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
In one, Henderson represents a group of families who allege a special education teacher physically abused students.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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For over two years, a 16-year-old transgender girl says she was bullied, excluded and discriminated against by her teammates and coaches at the Capital Crew youth rowing program housed at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Airing on March 18, 1975, the episode was focused on the Evans family’s young son Michael Evans (Ralph Carter), who was being bullied at school for his lunch money by classmate Eddie (Doug Grant).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

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The Assad regime fell in 2024, but the bodies of Khalil’s two friends were never recovered; their families assumed that they had been tortured, killed, and buried in a mass grave.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
One of Nader’s grandsons, Shah Rukh, was tortured by a greedy court eunuch named Agha Muhammad to force him to reveal the location of the invaluable diamond.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

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