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abuse in Arabic

تَعَسُّف taʕassuf

UK/əˈbjuːs/

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British/əˈbjʉws/

abuse in Arabic: تَعَسُّف (taʕassuf), طُغْيَان (ṭuḡyān), ظُلْم (ẓulm), جَوْر (jawr). In English, abuse means improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Arabic words for abuse

corrupt practice
تَعَسُّف taʕassuf, طُغْيَان ṭuḡyān, ظُلْم ẓulm, جَوْر jawr
improper usage
اِسَاءَة اِسْتِخْدَام
insulting speech
مَسَبَّة masabba, شَتِيمَة šatīma
physical maltreatment
إِيذَاء جَسَدِيّ ʔīḏāʔ jasadiyy
sexual violation or assault
اِنْتِهَاك جَسَدِيّ intihāk jasadiyy
to use improperly
أَسَاءَ اِسْتِعْمَالَ ʔasāʔa istiʕmāla
to hurt
آذَى ʔāḏā
to insult
أَهَانَ ʔahāna, سَبَّ sabba, شَتَمَ šatama

English meaning of abuse

  1. noun Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
  2. noun Misuse; improper use; perversion.
  3. noun A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
  4. noun Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

Full definition of abuse

abuse in a sentence

  • All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.
  • children hurling abuse at each other
  • He abused his authority.

Synonyms of abuse

All synonyms of abuse

abuse in other languages

Questions about abuse in Arabic

What is the meaning of abuse in Arabic?
Abuse in Arabic is تَعَسُّف (taʕassuf), طُغْيَان (ṭuḡyān), ظُلْم (ẓulm), جَوْر (jawr).
ما معنى كلمة abuse؟
Abuse: تَعَسُّف (taʕassuf), طُغْيَان (ṭuḡyān), ظُلْم (ẓulm), جَوْر (jawr).
What does abuse mean in English?
Abuse means improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abuse (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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