- ABUSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ABUSIVE is using harsh, insulting language How to use abusive in a sentence
- ABUSIVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
ABUSIVE meaning: 1 using rude and offensive words: 2 using physical violence or emotional cruelty: 3 using rude… Learn more
- abusive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of abusive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of speech or of a person) rude and offensive; criticizing rudely and unfairly He became abusive when he was drunk She was fined for making abusive comments to the referee
- ABUSIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people He became violent and abusive toward Ben's mother One in eight women lives in an abusive relationship her cruel and abusive husband
- Abusive - definition of abusive by The Free Dictionary
1 using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language 2 treating badly or injuriously; mistreating, esp physically: his abusive treatment of the horse 3 wrongly used; corrupt: an abusive exercise of power
- abusive, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective abusive, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- abusive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
abusive (comparative more abusive, superlative most abusive) Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous
- abusive - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
a•bu•sive (ə byo̅o̅′ siv), adj using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks treating badly or injuriously; mistreating, esp physically: his abusive handling of the horse wrongly used; corrupt: an abusive exercise of power
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