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The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.
Alice Miller

Meaning of "mistreat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISTREAT

mistreat  [ˌmɪsˈtriːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISTREAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mistreat is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mistreat in English.

WHAT DOES MISTREAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Abuse

Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; crimes, or other types of aggression.

Definition of mistreat in the English dictionary

The definition of mistreat in the dictionary is to treat badly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISTREAT

PRESENT

Present
I mistreat
you mistreat
he/she/it mistreats
we mistreat
you mistreat
they mistreat
Present continuous
I am mistreating
you are mistreating
he/she/it is mistreating
we are mistreating
you are mistreating
they are mistreating
Present perfect
I have mistreated
you have mistreated
he/she/it has mistreated
we have mistreated
you have mistreated
they have mistreated
Present perfect continuous
I have been mistreating
you have been mistreating
he/she/it has been mistreating
we have been mistreating
you have been mistreating
they have been mistreating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mistreated
you mistreated
he/she/it mistreated
we mistreated
you mistreated
they mistreated
Past continuous
I was mistreating
you were mistreating
he/she/it was mistreating
we were mistreating
you were mistreating
they were mistreating
Past perfect
I had mistreated
you had mistreated
he/she/it had mistreated
we had mistreated
you had mistreated
they had mistreated
Past perfect continuous
I had been mistreating
you had been mistreating
he/she/it had been mistreating
we had been mistreating
you had been mistreating
they had been mistreating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mistreat
you will mistreat
he/she/it will mistreat
we will mistreat
you will mistreat
they will mistreat
Future continuous
I will be mistreating
you will be mistreating
he/she/it will be mistreating
we will be mistreating
you will be mistreating
they will be mistreating
Future perfect
I will have mistreated
you will have mistreated
he/she/it will have mistreated
we will have mistreated
you will have mistreated
they will have mistreated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mistreating
you will have been mistreating
he/she/it will have been mistreating
we will have been mistreating
you will have been mistreating
they will have been mistreating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mistreat
you would mistreat
he/she/it would mistreat
we would mistreat
you would mistreat
they would mistreat
Conditional continuous
I would be mistreating
you would be mistreating
he/she/it would be mistreating
we would be mistreating
you would be mistreating
they would be mistreating
Conditional perfect
I would have mistreat
you would have mistreat
he/she/it would have mistreat
we would have mistreat
you would have mistreat
they would have mistreat
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mistreating
you would have been mistreating
he/she/it would have been mistreating
we would have been mistreating
you would have been mistreating
they would have been mistreating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mistreat
we let´s mistreat
you mistreat
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mistreat
Past participle
mistreated
Present Participle
mistreating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISTREAT


backstreet
ˈbækˌstriːt
Bradstreet
ˈbrædˌstriːt
bystreet
ˈbaɪˌstriːt
concrete
ˈkɒnkriːt
discreet
dɪˈskriːt
discrete
dɪsˈkriːt
Dutch-treat
ˈdʌtʃˌtriːt
entreat
ɪnˈtriːt
estreat
ɪˈstriːt
extreat
eksˈtriːt
greet
ɡriːt
high-street
ˈhaɪˌstriːt
intreat
ɪnˈtriːt
maltreat
mælˈtriːt
misentreat
ˌmɪsɪnˈtriːt
overtreat
ˌəʊvəˈtriːt
pretreat
priːˈtriːt
retreat
rɪˈtriːt
street
striːt
treat
triːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISTREAT

mistrace
mistrain
mistral
mistranscribe
mistranslate
mistranslation
mistrayned
mistreading
mistreatment
mistress
Mistress of the Robes
mistressless
mistressly
mistrial
mistrust
mistrustful
mistrustfully
mistrustfulness
mistrustingly
mistrustless

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISTREAT

Alexander the Great
Alfred the Great
beat a retreat
Charles the Great
death threat
Dutch treat
floreat
Frederick the Great
great
heat-treat
hereat
ill-treat
overeat
overgreat
Peter the Great
security threat
thereat
threat
trick or treat
whereat

Synonyms and antonyms of mistreat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISTREAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mistreat» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mistreat

Translation of «mistreat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISTREAT

Find out the translation of mistreat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mistreat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mistreat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虐待
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maltrato
570 millions of speakers

English

mistreat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गाली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إساءة معاملة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плохо обращаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maltratar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মন্দ ব্যবহার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maltraiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mistreat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

虐待
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학대하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mistreat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngược đãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறாக நடத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरव्यवहार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hor kullanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mistreat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maltretować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погано звертатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maltrata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κακομεταχείριση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mishandel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misshandla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mishandle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mistreat

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISTREAT»

The term «mistreat» is regularly used and occupies the 103.158 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of mistreat
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «mistreat».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISTREAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mistreat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mistreat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mistreat

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6 QUOTES WITH «MISTREAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mistreat.
1
Alexis Arguello
See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it.
2
Edie Campbell
The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive.
3
Gary Coleman
I don't have any friends and don't have any intention of making any. People will stab you in the back, mistreat you, talk about me behind your back, steal from you. And they're not really your friends. They're only there because you're a celebrity or because they want to get something from you.
4
Joyce Meyer
Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don't give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.
5
Alice Miller
The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.
6
Mo'Nique
I come from a blue-collar town - and being from that place, you learn not to let anybody take advantage of you. You don't let people mistreat you. You stand up for what's right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISTREAT»

Discover the use of mistreat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mistreat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Truth, Rhymes, and Reality: Spoken Truths
Mistreat. Her.... Never. Mistreat. Her.... When you hit her you're hitting me.. Son can't you see.... Never raise your hand to what God gave you to love... A woman is precious and should be treated as such.... There's nothing in this worldthat can  ...
Maggie L. Little, 2011
2
Employee and Organizational Response to Bosses who ...
In addition to recommendations for future studies, this study concludes with some recommendations, based on the data, to help employees help themselves and to help organizations help their employees who are being emotionally mistreated.
Misti Wall, 2006
3
Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in Folk Blues
Crying, dirty mistreater, mistreat me all the time. blues song 3. Crying, I was laying down on my sickbed, laying at the point of death. Here come the dirty mistreater, Good God, mama, trying to start some mess. Crying, dirty mistreater, Lord, have ...
David Evans, 1982
4
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
With either a mistake or frustration, consent may be nullified because of the extreme injustice of holding one of the parties to the contract. See frustration & impossibility. C. Mutual mistake. See mutual mistake. Mr. See Messrs. mistreat; maltreat.
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
5
Nursing History Review, Volume 7, 1999: Official Publication ...
As she put it, she told the physicians: "Don't mistreat my patients. You don't mistreat them. I said, now cause they don't have to come. And ifyou mistreat I will notlet them come up here to be mistreated."62 Her use ofthe word "mistreat" three  ...
Joan Lynaugh, 1999
6
The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare: Being a Verbal ...
4 mistreat, it U — li. 4 too low m mistress for so high — 11. 4 • look of such a worthy mistress .... — II. 4 welcome to ft worthless mistress — It. 4 except my mistreat — li. 4 th*t my poor mistress, moved — lv. 4 for tliy sweet ml rt rest take — lv.
‎1878
7
How to Beat, Cheat and Thoroughly Mistreat the System: The ...
Tired of playing by the rules when you're just about the only one left doing so? Buy this book.
Desmond Shaw, 2011
8
Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence: Readings in ...
In attempting to identify psychosocial factors that may affect recurrent abusers' choices of animals to mistreat, findings are presented under four thematic questions: (1) Are animals selected for abuse because they are perceived to be ...
Randall Lockwood, Frank R. Ascione, 1998
9
Garner's Modern American Usage
Language-Change Index ✳mistaked for mistook: Stage 1 mistreat; maltreat. Most usage critics have differentiated between these terms. “To mistreat,” say the Evanses, “is to treat badly or wrongly. The word suggests a deviation from some ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
10
Biblical Preaching and Teaching
When we mistreat our spouse, we mistreat Christ; when we mistreat our brothers or sisters in Christ, we mistreat Christ just as the religious leaders did in their rejection of His Apostles and His disciples in general (Matthew 25:31-36). If we lose ...
Dallas R. Burdette, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISTREAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mistreat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New York City, in a counterattack, casts Uber as a corporate behemoth
“There is nothing progressive about protecting millionaire taxi donors who mistreat drivers and discriminate against riders,” an Uber spokesman ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
2
Property developer asked paramedic to perform sex act on way to …
“We welcome this conviction and hope that it serves as a deterrent to others who think that it is acceptable to mistreat our hard-working staff.”. «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
3
Julian Burnside's Giving A Brutally Honest Speech To The Labor …
“To an outsider, the only difference between the two major parties is this: the Coalition mistreat boat people and boasts about it; Labor would ... «Junkee, Jul 15»
4
Don't Do This To The Majestic Elephant
Who are we to mistreat the majestic elephant? Ask yourself who are you to mistreat them? I ask all those who 'proudly' own elephants to set ... «The Island.lk, Jul 15»
5
Column: You don't have to agree with me….
Sure, it can be frustrating to deal with people who disagree with you, but that's no excuse to mistreat them. Please don't assume those who ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
6
Game Of Thrones: How the books and show stack up
Infamously, Ramsay goes on to rape and mistreat his new wife, essentially making Joffrey seem like a saint in comparison for the entirety of the ... «hotpress.com, Jul 15»
7
Kidnapped girl goes home
He even told the girl to scream loudly should the driver mistreat her in any way. “I was not suspicious of him at all, because he said he had to go ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
8
Remember the golden rule
That means that when others mistreat us, we still have to love them and forgive their sins against us! It doesn't matter what they did to us. «La Vernia News, Jul 15»
9
Barron County Courthouse News - July 22, 2015
... and misdemeanors theft-moveable property $2,500 or less, possession of drug paraphernalia and intentionally mistreat animals [July 9]. «Chetekalert, Jul 15»
10
God removes leadership that doesn't care for its people - Bishop …
“If sometimes our leadership is that of dividing people because of the bad way we talk or mistreat people, we need to humble ourselves and ask ... «postzambia.com, Jul 15»

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