ABUSIVE
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
A(1) B(3) U(1) S(1) I(1) V(4) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
adjective
- Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.“All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.”
- Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
- Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
- Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
Source: Wiktionary
