abusive

/əˈbjuː.sɪv//əˈbju.sɪv/

adjective

  1. 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. 2

    Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

  3. 3

    Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

  4. 4

    Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.

  5. 5

    Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

  6. 6

    Catachrestic.

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