tread upon
verb
Roget 649:
be hurtful
etc.
adj.;
cause evil,
produce evil,
inflict evil,
work evil,
do evil
etc.
619;
damnify†,
endamage†,
hurt,
harm;
injure
etc.
(damage)
659;
pain
etc.
830.
wrong,
aggrieve,
oppress,
persecute;
trample upon,
tread upon,
bear hard upon,
put upon;
overburden;
weigh down,
weigh heavy on;
victimize;
run down;
molest
etc.
830.
maltreat,
abuse;
ill-use,
ill-treat;
buffet,
bruise,
scratch,
maul;
smite
etc.
(scourge)
972;
do violence,
do harm,
do a mischief;
stab,
pierce,
outrage.
do mischief,
make mischief;
bring into trouble.
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 739:
be severe
etc.
adj..
assume,
usurp,
arrogate,
take liberties;
domineer,
bully
etc.
885;
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak,
stretch a point,
put on the screw;
be hard upon;
bear a heavy hand on,
lay a heavy hand on;
be down upon,
come down upon;
ill treat;
deal hardly with,
deal hard measure to;
rule with a rod of iron,
chastise with scorpions;
dye with blood;
oppress,
override;
trample under foot;
tread under foot,
tread upon,
trample upon,
tread down upon,
trample down upon;
crush under an iron heel,
ride roughshod over;
rivet the yoke;
hold a tight hand,
keep a tight hand;
force down the throat;
coerce
etc.
744;
give no quarter
etc.
(pitiless)
914.1.
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Roget 930:
despise,
contemn,
scorn,
disdain,
feel contempt for,
view with a scornful eye;
disregard,
slight,
not mind;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460.
look down upon;
hold cheap,
hold in contempt,
hold in disrespect;
think nothing of,
think small beer of;
make light of;
underestimate
etc.
483;
esteem slightly,
esteem of small or no account;
take no account of,
care nothing for;
set no store by;
not care a straw,
sneeze at
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
set at naught,
laugh in one's sleeve,
laugh up one's sleeve,
snap one's fingers at,
shrug one's shoulders,
turn up one's nose at,
pooh-pooh,
damn with faint praise"
[Pope];
whistle at,
sneer at;
curl up one's lip,
toss the head,
traiter de haut enbas [Fr.];
laugh at
etc.
(be disrespectful)
929.
point the finger of scorn,
hold up to scorn,
laugh to scorn;
scout,
hoot,
flout,
hiss,
scoff at.
turn one's back upon,
turn a cold shoulder upon;
tread upon,
trample upon,
trample under foot;
spurn,
kick;
fling to the winds
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
send away with a flea in the ear.
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Moby thesaurus: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, hit and run, intimidate, inundate, keep down, keep under, lord it over, oppress, overawe, overbear, overflow, overmaster, override, overrun, press heavy on, repress, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, run down, run over, subjugate, suppress, terrorize, trample, trample down, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on ... show more.
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