[
  {
    "word": "abuse",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8bju\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8bju\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8bjus/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/abuse-1-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=187206",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.",
            "synonyms": [
              "misuse"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Misuse; improper use; perversion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.",
            "synonyms": [
              "contumely",
              "insult",
              "invective",
              "opprobrium",
              "reproach",
              "scurrility"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Catachresis.",
            "synonyms": [
              "abusio"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "abusio",
          "contumely",
          "insult",
          "invective",
          "opprobrium",
          "reproach",
          "scurrility",
          "misuse"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abuse"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "abuse",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8bju\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8bju\u02d0z/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8bjuz/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/abuse-2-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=187207",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He abused his authority."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.",
            "synonyms": [
              "injure",
              "maltreat"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.",
            "synonyms": [
              "reproach",
              "revile",
              "vilify",
              "vituperate"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To violate; defile; to rape.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Misrepresent; adulterate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Disuse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "injure",
          "maltreat",
          "reproach",
          "revile",
          "vilify",
          "vituperate"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abuse"
    ]
  }
]