Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to misuse
Participle: misused
Gerund: misusing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | misuse |
| you | misuse |
| he;she;it | misuses |
| we | misuse |
| you | misuse |
| they | misuse |
Perfect
| I | have misused |
| you | have misused |
| he;she;it | has misused |
| we | have misused |
| you | have misused |
| they | have misused |
Past
| I | misused |
| you | misused |
| he;she;it | misused |
| we | misused |
| you | misused |
| they | misused |
Pluperfect
| I | had misused |
| you | had misused |
| he;she;it | had misused |
| we | had misused |
| you | had misused |
| they | had misused |
Future
| I | will misuse |
| you | will misuse |
| he;she;it | will misuse |
| we | will misuse |
| you | will misuse |
| they | will misuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have misused |
| you | will have misused |
| he;she;it | will have misused |
| we | will have misused |
| you | will have misused |
| they | will have misused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | misuse |
| you | misuse |
| he;she;it | misuse |
| we | misuse |
| you | misuse |
| they | misuse |
Perfect
| I | have misused |
| you | have misused |
| he;she;it | have misused |
| we | have misused |
| you | have misused |
| they | have misused |
Imperfect
| I | misused |
| you | misused |
| he;she;it | misused |
| we | misused |
| you | misused |
| they | misused |
Pluperfect
| I | had misused |
| you | had misused |
| he;she;it | had misused |
| we | had misused |
| you | had misused |
| they | had misused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would misuse |
| you | would misuse |
| he;she;it | would misuse |
| we | would misuse |
| you | would misuse |
| they | would misuse |
Perfect
| I | would have misused |
| you | would have misused |
| he;she;it | would have misused |
| we | would have misused |
| you | would have misused |
| they | would have misused |
Imperative
| you | misuse |
| we | Let's misuse |
| you | misuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'misuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'misuse'
disuse,
lisse,
menuse,
milse,
minse,
minus,
minute,
misask,
miscure,
misgie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
- abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, misbid, misrespect, offend, sledge, slight, sneap, wound
- abuse
- misapplication, mistreatment, mishandling, ill-usage, perversion, corruption
- misappropriate
- misemploy, misapply, corrupt
Antonyms
- abuse
- commend, applaud, esteem, eulogize
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "to use improperly;" see mis- (1) + use (v.). Meaning "to subject to ill-treatment" is attested from 1540. The noun is from 1398, in a sense related to the older meaning of the verb.
2. From mis- + use (verb).
Sample Sentences
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“If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.” [2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 326:]
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Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […]. [1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:]