The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABUSE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Treat badly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABUSE | 53 % | 5 |
| MISUSE | 15 % | 6 |
| ILLUSE | 13 % | 6 |
| JERK | 2 % | 4 |
| OPPRESS | 2 % | 7 |
| SHAFT | 2 % | 5 |
| MOLEST | 2 % | 6 |
| SCORN | 2 % | 5 |
| STEPON | 2 % | 6 |
| DOANUMBERON | 2 % | 11 |
| USE | 2 % | 3 |
| WRONG | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Treat badly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mistreat
- abuse
- neglect
- fail
- miss
- amiss
- misconduct
- wrong
- wrong-doing
- wrongdoing
- slighting
- improper
Crossword Answer definitions
ABUSE noun- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
- Catachresis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
- To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- To violate; defile; to rape.
- Misrepresent; adulterate.
- To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
- Disuse.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABUSE
- Badmouth
- Willful destruction
- Take for granted
- Maltreatment
- Bad treatment
- Treat harmfully
- Battery, e.g.
- Mistreatment
- Mistreat
- Treat scandalously
More clues leading to the result MISUSE
- Bullyrag
- Malaprop, e.g.
- Apply improperly
- Apply incorrectly
- Dilapidation cause
- Malapropism
- Malapropism, e.g.
- Embezzle, say
- Treat badly
- Wrong treatment
More clues leading to the result ILLUSE
- Unjust treatment
- Handle poorly
- Treat unjustly
- Mistreat
- Mistreatment
- Misappropriation
- Mishandling
- Treat like dirt
- Manage poorly
- Treat badly
More clues leading to the result JERK
- Pull hard
- Insufferable twit
- Jamaican dish
- Weightlifter's move
- Soda server
- Yank
- Dry in the sun, as strips of beef
- Creep
- Weightlifting exercise
- Idiot
More clues leading to the result OPPRESS
- Be tyrannical
- Put an onus on
- Weigh upon heavily
- Rule despotically
- Persecute
- Lie heavily upon
- Tyrannize
- Keep down
- Burden with cruelty
- Subjugate
More clues leading to the result SHAFT
- Mine passageway
- Mine passage
- Unfair treatment
- Vertical conduit
- Part of a golf club
- Dumbwaiter enclosure
- Mine opening
- Treat unfairly, in slang
- Jackson role
- Golf club part
More clues leading to the result MOLEST
More clues leading to the result SCORN
- Disdain
- Mock
- Treat with contempt
- Diss
- Contemptuously refuse
- Belittle in a way
- Derision
- Distain
- Show disdain for
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result STEPON
- RESTAURANT SIGN BECOMES ESCALATOR SIGN
- Smoosh
- Trample
- "___ no pets" (palindromic pet shop sign?)
- Board
- Accidentally crush, maybe
- Quash
- Squash
- Squash, perhaps
- Squish
More clues leading to the result DOANUMBERON
More clues leading to the result USE
- "It's no __!"
- Avail oneself of
- Consume
- Custom
- Employ
- Exercise
- Function
- IN __ (lavatory sign)
- Make the most of
- Purpose