Synonyms Dictionary
2. abuse, ill-use, ill-usage, mishandling, mistreatment, maltreatment, ill-treatment; manhandling, mauling, battery, beating, thrashing; harming, damage, hurting, injury; persecution, tormenting, torturing. misuse, n. 1. misapplication, misemployment, misappropriation, misusage.
-v. 2. misapply, misemploy, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, profane, disrespect, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of.
3. abuse, mistreat, maltreat, mishandle, ill-use, ill-treat, bullyrag; manhandle, maul, batter, beat, thrash, hit, strike, SI. belabor; harm, damage, bruise, hurt, pain, injure; persecute, torment, agonize, torture, rack, SI. give one the works. mite, n. 1. small contribution, one's fair share, small sum of money.
2. small child, little one, little fellow, tot, Inf kid, U.S. Inf. tad.
3. bit, smidgen, speck, Inf. smitch, iota, molecule, atom, jot, whit, tittle; dot, point, dab, fleck, speck; trace, touch, hint, trifle, tinge, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, Archaic, spice, shadow; minimum, pittance, modicum, driblet. -adv. 4. a mite to an extent, to some extent, to some degree, in some measure; somewhat, some, Inf. kind of, Inf. sort of. mitigate, v. alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken; abate, let up, slacken, remit, relax; allay, assuage, Rare, lenify, palliate; appease, soothe, Archaic, attemper, relieve, ease, soften, cushion, mollify, lighten; smooth over, calm, compose, tranquilize, still, quiet, hush, lull; solace, console, succor, remedy; quell, slake, deaden, dull, obtund, blunt, take the edge off of; smother, check, curb, tame, subdue; moderate, temper, make allowances, modify, qualify. mitigating, adj. extenuating, extenuative, extenuatory, palliative, mitigative, mitigatory; exculpatory, exonerative, justifying, justificatory, justificative, excusatory, vindicating, vindicatory, vindicative; qualifying, modifying, tempering, mitigation, n. alleviation, assuagement, palliation, appeasement; soothing, relief, easing, easement; softening, cushioning, mollification, lightening; smoothing over, calming, composing, tranquilizing, sedation, lulling; abatement, remission, reduction, diminution, lessening; slackening, weakening, relaxation; subduing, subdual, quelling, slaking, deadening, dulling, numbing, blunting; tempering, moderating, moderation, qualifying; bettering, improvement, amelioration. mix, v. 1. commix, admix, intermix, immix; combine, mingle, intermingle, commingle, put together, blend, Brit. Dial, mell, homogenize; compound, alloy, Chem. levigate, Chem. synthesize, adulterate; interweave, intertwine, interlard, intersperse, interpolate, infiltrate; amalgamate, unite, inosculate, join, conjoin, fuse, interfuse, coalesce, merge, incorporate; mass, agglomerate, conglomerate.
2. Often mix up jumble, scramble, tangle, entangle, snarl; mess, muss, clutter, disarrange, disorder, throw together; confuse, confound, muddle, mistake.
3. cross, crossbreed, interbreed, hybridize, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate.
4. associate, socialize, fraternize, hobnob, consort, keep company, get together, hang out, SI. party.
-n. 5. commixture, minglement, compound, union, mixture. See mixture {def. 1).
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