abusive

Etymology
First attested in the 1530s. From, from , from +. Equivalent to.

Adjective

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

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , , berating,

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Maori: ngutu momoho


 * Asturian: abusivu
 * Catalan:
 * Galician:
 * Kabuverdianu: abuzadu, abuzóde
 * Latin: contumēliōsus
 * Maori: ngutu momoho
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: