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Abusive

🔄 Synonyms of "Abusive"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
scornful	Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
scurrilous	(of language) Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
harmful	Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
opprobrious	Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
offensivenoun	Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
insultingnoun	Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
insulting	Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
offensive	Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
scurrilous	(of language) Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.
scornful	Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
opprobrious	Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
harmful	Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
outrageous	Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront.
maltreatmentnoun	Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
mistreatmentnoun	Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
pejorative	Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
derogatory	Disparaging.
abused	Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
foul-mouthed	Tending to use obscene or offensive language; to have a foul mouth.
malicious	Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
demeaning	Degrading; that degrades.
obscene	Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
ill-treatmentnoun	bad, unkind or abusive treatment
brutal	Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
humiliating	Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
vexatious	Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.