Reverse Dictionary: ILL-TREATED

ADJECTIVES
► HAMMILLED ill-treated, abused → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ILL-GUIDED ill-treated; ill-advised → 1867 Sc.
► NERLED ill-treated, pinched → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OOLED ill-treated → 1867 Sc.

NOUNS
► JACK DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT ► JOHN DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT ► TOM DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT ill-treatment, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest  1587 colloq.

VERBS
​► COMB DOWN to ill-treat; to thrash → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► HAMMIL to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HASH to ill-treat; to bruise → 1827 Sc.
► HATTER to ill-treat; to harass, to vex → 1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HONISH to ill-treat; to starve a person for want of food → 1878 Eng. dial.
► ILL-GUIDE to ill-treat → 1817 Sc.
► LEAD A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW ► LIVE A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW to suffer from ill-treatment or ill-usage → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE THE FOOT OUT OF ONE’S ASS to rid oneself of ill treatment, of victimization, or exploitation → 1960s African-American sl.