maltreatment
UK/malˈtɹiːtmənt//malˈtɹit.mɛnt/
maltreatment noun: cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
Noun
maltreatment (countable and uncountable, plural maltreatments)
- Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
maltreatment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
maltreatment in Tamil
- தவறாக நடத்துதல்
maltreatment in Urdu
- maltreatment, chastisement
- درگت durgat
maltreatment in Bengali
- দুর্ব্যবহার, নির্দয় আচরণ
maltreatment in Malayalam
- നിന്ദ, ശകാരം, ഉപദ്രവം
More languagesFewer languages
- maltreatment in Kannada
- ಹಿಂಸೆ, ಪೀಡೆ, ಕೆಟ್ಟ ರೀತಿಯಿಂದ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು
Forms of maltreatment
| plural | maltreatments |
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Origin of maltreatment
By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.
Questions about maltreatment
- What does maltreatment mean?
- Maltreatment means cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
- What is maltreatment in Tamil?
- Maltreatment in Tamil is தவறாக நடத்துதல். See Maltreatment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is maltreatment?
- Maltreatment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maltreatment?
- Maltreatment is pronounced /malˈtɹiːtmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of maltreatment?
- The plural of maltreatment is maltreatments.
Words near maltreatment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maltreatment (page history and authors); maltreatment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); درگت (Urdu) (page history and authors); maltreatment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreatment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maltreatment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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