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

There’s a lot of talk about dogs being bred and sold, and Lopez said she’s seen evidence of animals being mistreated. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 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

This time Hilton was speaking in support of two families who filed lawsuits Monday alleging that their children were mistreated at Provo Canyon School, the same facility where Hilton spent almost a year in the late 1990s. — ABC News, 15 June 2026

The Chinese have been broug ht here to work on railroads, to work on farms and they were mistreated. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026

LaFaive felt that Goodman had been fundamentally mistreated, particularly in the wake of a defining tragedy. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

The captain who hired the officer later filed a human resources complaint alleging the officer had been mistreated. — Ben Wheeler may 20, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026