abusive
/əˈbjuː.sɪv//əˈbju.sɪv/
adjective
- 1
Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
“All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.”
- 2
Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
- 3
Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
- 4
Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
- 5
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
- 6
Catachrestic.
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