Synonyms of mistreated

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adjective

as in abused

Related Words

• abused
• maltreated
• cowed
• intimidated
• bullied
• oppressed
• browbeaten
• dispirited
• abject
• disheartened
• downtrodden
• hectored
• persecuted
• crushed
• downcast
• despairing
• hopeless
• tyrannized

mistreated

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verb

past tense of mistreat

as in bullied

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon

the foster parent who had been mistreating his charges was sent to jail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• bullied
• tortured
• maltreated
• injured
• brutalized
• oppressed
• ill-treated
• misused
• manhandled
• persecuted
• violated
• mishandled
• hurt
• ill-used
• harassed
• molested
• messed over
• tormented
• harmed
• outraged
• victimized
• wronged
• took apart
• kicked around
• worked (over)
• beat (up)
• sandbagged
• burned
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fostered
• cherished
• nurtured
• cared (for)
• favored
• spoiled
• pampered
• indulged
• coddled
• gratified
• catered (to)
• babied
• humored
• mollycoddled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mistreated

Verb

Detectives said Beemer claimed his mother had mistreated him for years, including molesting him. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

For months, Democratic members of Congress and several advocacy organizations have called for Camp East Montana to be closed, citing reports that detainees have been routinely mistreated since its opening in August 2025. — Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Bitter irony abounds, as when Nora, who is Black, attends a workplace mental health seminar in which a white, male supervisor who once mistreated her pretends to care about employees’ trauma. — Judy Berman, Time, 27 July 2026

But the suits allege that while these three students were at the school, staff did not protect them or prevent them from being mistreated. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

In June, Hilton returned to the Provo Canyon School to support two families who filed lawsuits alleging that their children were mistreated at the school. — ABC News, 17 July 2026

By 1790, half of the world's coffee was being grown in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in what is today Haiti, Pendergrast says, where slaves were routinely mistreated, raped and murdered. — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026

Children who once feared or mistreated animals begin to show care and leadership. — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

The sanctuary’s founder, Monika Kerber Perez, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday but has previously denied that the animals were mistreated. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026