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

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

This is not the only group of women who’ve been mistreated and not listened to. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

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

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