ill-usedadj.

/ˈɪlˈjuːzd/

Etymology: Originally two words, ill adverb and used past participle, hyphenated when used attributively; now treated as past participle of ill-use v.

Badly ‘used’ or treated; ill-treated. Frequently as past participle.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective]

misdighta1225

worried1559

ill-used1609

mishandleda1617

well-abused1648

spited1705

mistreated1799

misused1823

abused1826

maltreated1829

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcv. sig. F4^v The hardest knife ill vs'd doth loose his edge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 327 Sweare not by time to come, for that thou hast Misvs'd ere vs'd, by times ill-vs'd [o]repast [1597 misused orepast].

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 108 Those..guests, who finde themselves ill used.

1765 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xli. 255 If I am ill-used at the post-house in England, I can be accommodated elsewhere.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 An ill-used race of men.

Derivatives

ˌill-ˈusedness n. condition of being ill-used.

1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 95 A tone of quiet ill-usedness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ill-used
释义	ill-usedadj. /ˈɪlˈjuːzd/ Etymology: Originally two words, ill adverb and used past participle, hyphenated when used attributively; now treated as past participle of ill-use v. Badly ‘used’ or treated; ill-treated. Frequently as past participle. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective] misdighta1225 worried1559 ill-used1609 mishandleda1617 well-abused1648 spited1705 mistreated1799 misused1823 abused1826 maltreated1829 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcv. sig. F4^v The hardest knife ill vs'd doth loose his edge. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 327 Sweare not by time to come, for that thou hast Misvs'd ere vs'd, by times ill-vs'd [o]repast [1597 misused orepast]. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 108 Those..guests, who finde themselves ill used. 1765 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xli. 255 If I am ill-used at the post-house in England, I can be accommodated elsewhere. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song (rev. ed.) viii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 An ill-used race of men. Derivatives ˌill-ˈusedness n. condition of being ill-used. Π 1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 95 A tone of quiet ill-usedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1609
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