From hubris; to exercise violence, i.e. Abuse -- use despitefully, reproach, entreat shamefully (spitefully).
see GREEK hubris
1. intransitive, to be insolent; to behave insolently, wantonly, outrageously.
2. transitive, to act insolently and shamefully toward one (so even Homer), to treat shamefully (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. β.): Matthew 22:6; Luke 18:32; Acts 14:5; (1 Thessalonians 2:2); of one who injures another by speaking evil of him, Luke 11:45. (Compare: ἐνυβρίζω.)