abused

Other forms of abused

comparative

abusedder·

superlative

abuseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abused

What does abused mean?

abused means "used improperly or excessively especially drugs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abused?

abused has 2 syllables: abu-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /əˈbjuzd/.

What is another word for abused?

Close synonyms include ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of abused?

The recorded antonyms are unabused.

Is abused a common word?

abused is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abused?

1 word rhymes with abused. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.