"mistreat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mistreats [present, singular, third-person], mistreating [participle, present], mistreated [participle, past], mistreated [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: mis- + treat Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|treat}} mis- + treat Head templates: {{en-verb}} mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)
  1. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, abuse Translations (treat someone or something roughly or badly): προυσελέω (prouseléō) (Ancient Greek), αἰκίζω (aikízō) (Ancient Greek), بَهْدَلَ (bahdala) (Arabic), държа се лошо с (dǎrža se lošo s) (Bulgarian), maltractar (Catalan), dagmal (Cebuano), tampalas (Cebuano), mishandle (Danish), mishandelen (Dutch), mistrakti (Esperanto), kohdella kaltoin (Finnish), maltraiter (French), maltratar (Galician), misshandeln (German), schinden (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganaitjan) (Gothic), maltrete (Haitian Creole), maltratar (Interlingua), maltrattare (Italian), ធ្វើបាប (thvəə baap) (Khmer), malo tractare (Latin), rurerure (Maori), tūkino (Maori), misbēodan (Old English), destratar (Portuguese), maltratar (Portuguese), judiar (Portuguese), allquchakuy (Quechua), maltrata (Romanian), пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja) (alt: also: ду́рно, жесто́ко) [usually] (Russian), maltratar (Spanish), ngược đãi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mistreat-en-verb-TbqzyiIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'treat someone or something roughly or badly': 98 2
  2. (transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-mistreat-en-verb-J2eNESvJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 54 46 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mistreatment, maltreat

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      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
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      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "malo tractare"
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      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
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      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
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      "word": "пло́хо обраща́ться"
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      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltratar"
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