What is another word for maltreated?

Pronunciation: [mˌaltɹˈiːtɪd] (IPA)

Maltreatment is a form of abuse and poor treatment towards someone. There are several synonyms for the word maltreated, such as abused, mistreated, ill-treated, and victimized. These words carry a similar meaning to maltreated and are used to describe the cruel, abusive, and inhumane actions towards someone. Other synonyms for maltreatment include harassed, persecuted, oppressed, and tormented. Using these words in place of maltreated can help in describing the harsh treatment endured by an individual. It is essential to report cases of maltreatment to the relevant authorities as it can cause long-term harm to the victim's physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

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What are the opposite words for maltreated?

Maltreated means to treat someone or something in a cruel or harmful way. The antonyms for maltreated are treated well, treated kindly, treated with care, treated respectfully, and treated fairly. When someone treats someone else well, they show love, compassion, and kindness towards them. They appreciate and value them, and they make them feel good about themselves. Similarly, treating something with care means handling it gently, ensuring that it is not harmed in any way. Treating others with respect means recognizing their worth, listening to them, and honoring their opinions. Ultimately, treating someone or something with kindness, care, and respect is the hallmark of being a decent human being.

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Usage examples for Maltreated

We suffer for their misdeeds;-and, what is worse, we have to see others, weaker and more helpless than ourselves, maltreated, plundered, and beaten by these wretches and villains.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
"Finally, vexed beyond measure, dissatisfied with himself and others, he so brutally maltreated a high dignitary in a moment of violent anger that the latter sent for him that he might punish him.
"Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It"
Yoritomo-Tashi
These retorts were far from appeasing the wrath of the husbands, brothers, and fathers who had been maltreated in the persons of the objects of their affections.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock

Famous quotes with Maltreated

  • I know you can do all things and no plan of yours can be thwarted. That's what (Job 42 : 2) says. And that infers, whatever God has destined to be must prevail. But may I tell you this, when God says that you will be great in life it doesn't mean you won't experience failure, misfortune, setback or thingss like that. Let's take biblical Joseph as a case study. Because, he's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. He (Joseph) was destined to be or become a ruler or leader. But, prior to the manifestation of his destiny. He was challenged, maltreated and even imprisoned. However, because God's plan cannot be thwarted. After all said and done. He finally ruled and became a prime minister/general overseer in a foreign country (Egypt). Having known that, what do I want to publicize in essence? I'm just publicizing that, regardless of whatever you are undergoing or passing through presently. For the fact, you are destined for greatness. You must excel and shine like a star that you are meant to be or become. Yes of course, destiny can only be delayed for awhile. But come what may, it cannot be denied. I mean, destiny must have its way even against all odds.
    Emeasoba George
  • The desire to protect animals derives inevitably from better acquaintance with them, from the realization that they are sensitive and intelligent creatures, affectionate and seeking affection, powerless in a cruel and incomprehensible world, exposed to all the whims of the master species. According to the animal haters, those who are fond of animals are sick people. To me it seems just the other way around, that the love for animals is something more, not something less. As a rule, those who protect animals have for them the same feeling as for all the other defenseless or abused creatures: the battered or abandoned children, the sick, the inmates of penal or mental institutions, who are so often maltreated without a way of redress. And those who are fond of animals don't love them for their "animality" but for their "humanity" — their "human" qualities. By which I mean the qualities humans display when at their best, not at their worst. Man's love for the animal is, at any rate, always inferior in intensity and completeness to the love the animal has for the human being that has won its love. The human being is the elder brother, who has countless different preoccupations, activities and interests. But to the animal that loves a human being, this being is everything. That applies not only to the generous, impetuous dog, but also to the more reserved species, with which it is more difficult to establish a relationship without personal effort and plenty of patience.
    Hans Ruesch
  • Oh, if in this man, whose eyes can flash Heaven's lightning, and make all Calibans into a cramp, there dwelt not, as the essence of his very being, a God's justice, human Nobleness, Veracity and Mercy,—I should tremble for the world. But his strength, let us rejoice to understand, is even this: The quantity of Justice, of Valour and Pity that is in him. To hypocrites and tailored quacks in high places, his eyes are lightning; but they melt in dewy pity softer than a mother's to the downpressed, maltreated; in his heart, in his great thought, is a sanctuary for all the wretched.
    Thomas Carlyle
  • I think that Mr. Tuthill would have done better if, instead of inventing the capture of nine cannon, he had devoted a few lines to describing the vandal-like manner in which the “Bear” soldiers sacked the Olompalí Rancho and maltreated the eighty year old Damaso Rodriguez... whom they beat so badly as to cause his death in the presence of his daughters and granddaughters
    Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

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