Abused and Twisted

Related words

Abused adjective - Subjected to cruel treatment.

Show all Definitions

Twisted and abused are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Twisted" instead an adjective "Abused".

Nearby Words: abuse, abusive, abusing

Twisted adjective - Marked by a long series of irregular curves.

Show all Definitions

Abused and twisted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abused" instead an adjective "Twisted".

Nearby Words: twist, twisting, twister, twisty

Ritsuka from Loveless is a platonic version of this toward his older brother Seimei—even the knowledge that Seimei was a murderer who faked his own death as a twisted test of Ritsuka's love and who constantly abused Soubi cannot sway Ritsuka's devotion.

Source: Love Martyr
Stockholm Syndrome: Valentine helps Backstrom by describing what it was like to be abducted and abused, explaining that the abductor acts out of a twisted sense of love and affection and that after a while the abductee starts to believe it as well and welcome the abuse.

Source: Series / Backstrom

Cite this Source

Twisted and Abused. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abused/twisted

Abused & Twisted. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abused/twisted>.

Twisted or Abused. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abused/twisted.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "abused" and "twisted" have occurred on timeline