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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat..
He would never speak a word, only eat and cry, and she hadn't the heart to strike it or illtreat the youngster either; but somebody taught her a charm to make him speak, and then she found out what kind of a brat he really was.
Use ill-treat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ill-treat means To treat someone or something badly or unkindly; to abuse or mistreat..
Common synonyms include mistreat, abuse, maltreat, ill-use.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He would never speak a word, only eat and cry, and she hadn't the heart to strike it or illtreat the youngster either; but somebody taught her a charm to make him speak, and then she found out what kind of a brat he really was.
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