Maltreat: alternatives and connections

Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.

a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fi…

Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulate…

To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by r…

A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.

To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a b…

Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.

Severely; harshly; roughly.

In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.