How To Pronounce Abuse

The stress in abuse moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /əˈbjuːs/ in British English and /əˈbjuːs/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “drug abuse”.

Verb. It is /əˈbjuːz/ in British English and /əˈbjuːz/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to abuse”.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.