"mistreat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mistreats [present, singular, third-person], mistreating [participle, present], mistreated [participle, past], mistreated [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From 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), lagarear (Spanish), ngược đãi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mistreat-en-verb-TbqzyiIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Quechua translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 48 52 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-, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 48 52 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mistreatment, maltreat

Inflected forms

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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mistreatment"
    },
    {
      "word": "maltreat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat someone, or something roughly or badly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "treat",
          "treat"
        ],
        [
          "roughly",
          "roughly"
        ],
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ill-treat"
        },
        {
          "word": "ill-use"
        },
        {
          "word": "abuse"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:",
          "text": "The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bahdala",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "بَهْدَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎrža se lošo s",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "държа се лошо с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltractar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "dagmal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "tampalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "mishandle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "mishandelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "mistrakti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "kohdella kaltoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltraiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "misshandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "schinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ganaitjan",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prouseléō",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "προυσελέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aikízō",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "αἰκίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltrete"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltrattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thvəə baap",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "ធ្វើបាប"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "malo tractare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "rurerure"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "tūkino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "misbēodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "destratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "judiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "allquchakuy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltrata"
    },
    {
      "alt": "also: ду́рно, жесто́ко",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plóxo obraščátʹsja",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "пло́хо обраща́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "maltratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "lagarear"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "treat someone or something roughly or badly",
      "word": "ngược đãi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mistreat"
}

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