Abused
Abused adjective - Subjected to cruel treatment.
Confronted and abused are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Confronted" instead a verb "Abused".
Confronted
Abused and confronted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abused" instead a verb "Confronted".
Nearby Words: confrontation, confronting
Both words in one sentence
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Of course, we don't get a scene of her father being confronted or confessing in tears that he was also abused, either.
Source: Literature / Push - An unpleasant subversion of this takes place when, after being confronted, the abuser turns out to be even more dangerous than the abused realized.
Source: Not Afraid of You Anymore
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Confronted and Abused. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abused/confronted
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