abusive

Meaning

1. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
2. (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
3. (archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
4. Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
5. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
6. (archaic) Catachrestic.

Synonyms

insulting

offensive

opprobrious

foul-mouthed

scurrilous

derogatory

defamatory

sharp-tongued

nasty

insolent

rude

interbred

incestuous

vituperative

vulgar

invidious

depraved

reproachful

libelous

persecute

piquant

reproaching

reviler

ribald

sacrilegious

scabrous

scornful

slander

slanderous

swearing

taunting

violative

denigratory

obloquious

vituperous

accusatory

himiliating

accusing

acerbic

calumniating

charging

critical

‼️

foul

gossipy

hurtful

injurious

invective

jabbering

malicious

mean

Translations

abusivo

beleidigend

abusif

abusivo

offensivo

υβριστικός

krenkend

grievend

abusiu

injurieux

insulto

insultante

beledigend

abusivo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbjuː.sɪv/

Etymology

First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive.

Sentences

His grandfather was an abusive alcoholic .