mistreat

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English treat

English mistreat

From mis- + treat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtɹiːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)

1. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

   Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, abuse

2. (transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.
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     The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.

Derived terms

• mistreater

Related terms

• mistreatment

Translations

treat someone or something roughly or badly

• Arabic: بَهْدَلَ (bahdala)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: държа се лошо с (dărža se lošo s)
• Catalan: maltractar (ca)
• Cebuano: dagmal, tampalas
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虐待 (zh) (nüèdài)

• Danish: mishandle
• Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
• Esperanto: mistrakti
• Finnish: kohdella kaltoin
• French: maltraiter (fr)
• Galician: maltratar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: misshandeln (de), schinden (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganaitjan)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: προυσελέω (prouseléō), αἰκίζω (aikízō)

• Haitian Creole: maltrete
• Interlingua: maltratar
• Italian: maltrattare (it)
• Khmer: ធ្វើបាប (thvəə baap)
• Latin: malo tractare
• Māori: rurerure, tūkino
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: misbēodan
• Portuguese: destratar (pt), maltratar (pt), judiar (pt)
• Quechua: allquchakuy
• Romanian: maltrata (ro)
• Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja) (also: ду́рно, жесто́ко, etc.)
• Spanish: maltratar (es), lagarear (es), sopetear (es), sopapear (es), brear (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: ngược đãi (vi)

administer an incorrect treatment to a patient

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 治療不當 / 治疗不当 (zhìliáo bùdàng)

• Finnish: hoitaa väärin
• French: please add this translation if you can

See also

• maltreat

Anagrams

• martites, mitrates, teratism