abusive

UK /əˈbjuː.sɪv/ US /əˈbju.sɪv/

adj 5

Collocations

VERBS

be | become, get

ADV

very | quite

openly

The coach started being openly abusive toward players who made mistakes during practice.

adj

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.

Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

an abusive treaty

Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

[…] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.

the abusive prerogatives of his see

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

Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof.

adjective — expressing offensive reproach

All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.

Wiktionary

an abusive treaty

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[…] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.

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I had never received such an abusive letter before.

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They used abusive language to her.

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Slanderous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening and harassing comments are not tolerated.

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i Register

In some senses, abusive is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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