Abuse and Rag

Abuse

Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.

Rag and abuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rag" instead a verb "Abuse".

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Rag

Rag verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses

Abuse and rag are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Rag".

Nearby Word: ragtime

How words are described

human human abuse human rag
similar similar abuse similar rag
horrible horrible abuse horrible rag
general general abuse general rag

Common collocations

bit abuse bit rag bit

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Silicon Valley Gavin Belson buys the Code/Rag blog to squash a story about his flagrant animal abuse.
  • Percussive Maintenance In Bohemian Rhapsody in Red, one of Touhou's companion books, Yukari Yakumo is accused by local gossip rag editor Aya Shameimaru of animal abuse against her shikigami Ran when she's seen whacking her with her umbrella.
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