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

Dustin Degenhardt, a voter in the town of Wainwright, said that Albertans have long been mistreated by Canada’s federal government. — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Dustin Degenhardt, a voter in the town of Wainwright, said that Albertans have long been mistreated by Canada's federal government. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Dustin Degenhardt, a Wainwright voter, said Albertans have long been mistreated by Ottawa. — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Dustin Degenhardt, a Wainwright voter, said that Albertans have long been mistreated by Canada’s federal government. — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Of course, parents should intervene when a coach is abusive or a child is genuinely being mistreated. — Jonathan Alpert Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Last year outside attorneys spent months investigating allegations that director John Youngquist mistreated employees of color. — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Ultimately, the show attempts to draw a parallel between Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos, portraying them as two women abused and mistreated by society who dared to fight back. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

The other has been dismissed or mistreated in a clinic before, and reads the same sentence as confirmation that they were not told the whole story the first time. — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026