Mistreated
Mistreated adjective - Subjected to cruel treatment.
Tormented and mistreated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tormented" instead the word "Mistreated" as an adjective or a verb.
Nearby Words: mistreatment, mistreating
Tormented
Tormented adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
Mistreated and tormented are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mistreated" instead the word "Tormented" as an adjective or a verb.
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Inverted in Denise Skelton's A Life of My Own, where the stepmother, Liz, is the protagonist, and she is mistreated by her husband and tormented by her two ungrateful stepdaughters.
Source: Wicked Stepmother - SpongeBob might never live down the fact that he mistreated Gary for "bothering" Puffy Fluffy, even though it was Puffy Fluffy who tormented Gary.
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