abusive
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
adjective
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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."
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Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
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Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
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Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
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Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
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Catachrestic.
Synonyms:
berating, injurious, insolent, insulting, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, scurrilous, vituperative