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Synonyms & Antonyms of mishandle
1
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
- having been shuffled from foster home to foster home, the orphaned girl felt she had been mishandled by an uncaring society
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- baby,
- cater (to),
- coddle,
- favor,
- gratify,
- humor,
- indulge,
- mollycoddle,
- pamper,
- spoil
2
to abuse physically
- adopted a sadly mishandled puppy from the pound
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3
to manage badly
- we took over as soon as we realized that the fill-in had been mishandling the situation
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The first known use of mishandle was in 1530
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