Abusing

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Present participle of abuse: treating a person or thing in a cruel, harmful, or exploitative manner.

“He was dismissed for abusing his authority over junior members of staff.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

a·bus·ing

Related Words

Synonyms

mistreatingexploitingmisusing

Antonyms

protectingrespecting

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Starts ABUS, ends in ING, a common Wordle ending, no doubled letters

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Scrabble

The ING suffix makes this easy to combine with a prefix on the board, all common tiles

Words Related to Abusing

Words one letter different

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abasing amusing

Words you can make from Abusing

Shorter words formed from the letters in “abusing”.

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