: subjected to harmful or improper treatment : having suffered abuse
providing support for abused children/women
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Is there a more abused word in our language, in this barely literate age?
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
The abused, neglected, and damaged Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix)—accursed as son, lover, and comedian—takes violent revenge that quickly wins him fans and followers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
An abused child who grew into a violent and cursed man, Guts wields a colossal sword — a heavy slab of metal seven feet long and perpetually soaked in blood — and a gruff, merciless attitude.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
But his scenes — even one in which Ross gets righteously furious when confronted with an abused baby — don’t have quite the same impact as Greene’s quietly simmering dilemma.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
The abused, neglected, and damaged Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix)—accursed as son, lover, and comedian—takes violent revenge that quickly wins him fans and followers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
An abused child who grew into a violent and cursed man, Guts wields a colossal sword — a heavy slab of metal seven feet long and perpetually soaked in blood — and a gruff, merciless attitude.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
But his scenes — even one in which Ross gets righteously furious when confronted with an abused baby — don’t have quite the same impact as Greene’s quietly simmering dilemma.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Abused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abused. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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