ABUSIVE

abusive

Adjective

  1. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
  2. Catachrestic. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse. <ref name=SOED/>
  4. Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. <ref name=SOED/>
  5. Tending to deceive; fraudulent. <ref name=SOED/>
  6. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
  7. Given to misusing. <ref name=SOED/>
  8. Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.


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