Associations to the word «Abusive»
Noun
- Dren
- Defendant
- Tyson
- Language
- Practice
- Prosecution
- Chil
- Ike
- Manipulation
- Lena
- Temper
- Storyline
- Deanna
- Attachment
- Overseer
- Waitress
- Lawsuit
- Oppression
- Adulthood
- Offender
- Shelter
- Punishment
- Seclusion
- Nanny
- Situation
- Comment
- Suicide
- Drug
- Buffy
- Tina
- Denial
- Captive
- Supervisor
- Adult
- Shelton
- Lex
- Outcry
- Olivia
- Inmate
- Violation
- Employee
- Barrage
- Trafficking
- Anger
- Child
- Christina
- Contempt
- Swearing
- Connie
- Lender
- Homicide
- Grady
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
ABUSIVE, adjective. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. (archaic) Catachrestic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. (archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. [Attested only from the early to mid 17th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. (archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
ABUSIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Given to misusing. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
ABUSIVE, adjective. Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.
Dictionary definition
ABUSIVE, adjective. Expressing offensive reproach.
ABUSIVE, adjective. Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.