Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

    misshandeln, schinden

    пло́хо обраща́тьсяplóxo obraščátʹsja

    treat badly

  2. (transitive)To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.

Examples

50 sentences
  1. We'd probably be mistreated if we were captured.

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  2. Tom got angry at Mary for mistreating her horse.

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  3. Tom has been mistreated all his life.

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  4. They didn't mistreat me.

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  5. Have you been mistreated?

    ruС тобой дурно обращались?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
treat someone or something roughly or badly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
treat someone or something roughly or badly:

Forms

mistreats, mistreating, mistreated, mistreated
Base formmistreat · to mistreat
3rd person singularmistreats
Present participlemistreating
Past simplemistreated
Past participlemistreated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymistreat
he, she, itmistreats

Past simpleLesson

all personsmistreated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mistreated
he, she, ithas mistreated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mistreat

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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