cut the quick (verb) abuse: attack with words
Detalii: abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harmto misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it
Sinonime: at intervals, at times, discontinuously, every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, from time to time, hardly, infrequently, intermittently, irregularly, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, once in a blue moon, once in a while, periodically, sometimes, sporadically
Antonime: acclaim, adulate,
approve,
commend,
compliment,
praise