abused

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dismal dreary dry flat humdrum ordinary repetitive stale stupid tame tedious tiresome uninspiring

STRONG

driveling plain stock tired

WEAK

archaic arid big yawn blah colorless common commonplace dead familiar hackneyed heavy ho-hum hoary insipid jejune longwinded mid monotonous oft-repeated out-of-date pointless prolix prosaic prosy repetitious routine run-of-the-mill soporific trite unimaginative usual usual thing vapid worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright exciting happy interesting light lively pleasant

WEAK

active clear eventful intelligent keen knifelike luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

ADJECTIVE

exploited

Synonyms

STRONGEST

oppressed overburdened

STRONG

milked overworked

WEAK

taken advantage of

ADJECTIVE

maligned

Synonyms

STRONG

rejected scorned

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute distressed enslaved exploited helpless persecuted

STRONG

burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

WEAK

a slave to abject at one's feet at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

ADJECTIVE

perverted

Synonyms

STRONG

abandoned contorted corrupt corrupted debased debauched defiled depraved deviating distorted impaired misguided misused outraged polluted sick tainted twisted vitiate vitiated warped

WEAK

aberrant abnormal deviant foreign grotesque kinky monstrous unhealthy unnatural vicious wicked

Antonyms

STRONG

clean cleansed healthy honorable moral noble pure purified straight uncorrupt upright virtuous well wholesome

WEAK

good

ADJECTIVE

raped

Synonyms

STRONG

despoiled ravished

Example Sentences

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“It’s being absolutely abused now, and it couldn’t be more obvious,” said one EPA staffer who asked not to be named because they currently work for the agency.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The fourth of 10 biological and adopted children raised in a Washington, D.C. family, Smith began his career in 2001 representing abused and neglected children in New York City Family Court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But to have the week he's had where he got abused and to come and put in a solid performance in, he goes in my team.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Is anyone confident that this wealth of information about us will never be abused?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I felt an unpleasant mixture of fear and shame — fear that I would get some cosmic comeuppance and shame that I had abused the trust of my adopted family.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

abused

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