Definition of abusive

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Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..

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Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..
Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..
Invective :: Invective (a.) Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..
Jaw :: Jaw (n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
Billingsgate :: Billingsgate (n.) Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (a.) Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language..
Lampoon :: Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
Abuseful :: Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive.
Slang-whanger :: Slang-whanger (n.) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
Foul-mouthed :: Foul-mouthed (a.) Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive..
Abusiveness :: Abusiveness (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person..
Jawing :: Jawing (n.) Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.
Villainy :: Villainy (n.) Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
Lampoon :: Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress..
Affrontive :: Affrontive (a.) Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.
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