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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The gathering of seven survivors includes one who was an adult when abused, a recognition of the new frontier of the abuse crisis facing the church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Throughout the season, the show jumps back and forth from Lizzie’s story to the 1990s, where serial killer Aileen Wuornos (Sarah Paulson) is on the run after murdering a series of men who abused her.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

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His descriptions of being bullied in high school for his sexuality resemble plotlines from Very Special Episodes of TV, and his relationship with his ailing father is similarly generic.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Yes, Stark has painted, or, more accurately, anodized, powder-coated, and otherwise bullied into submission just about everything to black.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

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Some with final removal orders also have legal protections against deportation to their countries of origin based on the likelihood they would be tortured or persecuted.

— Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Olivier tortured himself over her condition, remorseful and exhausted.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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