Thesaurus: abusive

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1. a. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
2. a. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
3. a. Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
4. a. Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
5. a. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
6. adj. expressing offensive reproach
7. adj. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
8. j:100 s. expressing offensive reproach s. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment