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Synonyms for abusive
əˈbyu sɪvabu·sive
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
abusive
Synonyms:
insulting, insolent, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, rude, denunciatory, scurrilousAntonyms:
respectful, kind, panegyrical, laudatory, attentive
Princeton's WordNet
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilousadjective
expressing offensive reproach
Synonyms:
scurrilous, opprobrious, inglorious, shameful, disgraceful, black, ignominiousAntonyms:
harmless, unoffending, inoffensiveabusiveadjective
characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
"abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
Synonyms:
opprobrious, scurrilousAntonyms:
harmless, inoffensive, unoffending
Editors Contribution
thersitical
scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
these he lists in language so richly thersitical that his english translator, likely herring himself, must have strained his vocabulary to its limits to do it justice.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abusiveadjective
Synonyms:
reproachful, opprobrious, scurrilous, ribald, contumelious, vituperative, condemnatory, damnatory, invective, calumnious, denunciatory, insulting, insolent
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abusiveadjective
Synonyms:
reviling, scurrilous, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, insulting, rffensive, contumelious, outrageous
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#271 | black | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#5940 | violent | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#8512 | arbitrary | |
#10658 | unfair | |
#12199 | rude | |
#13365 | abusive | |
#13530 | improper | |
#21803 | undue | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#29867 | shameful | |
#45257 | disgraceful | |
#68740 | exploitative | |
#70480 | insolent | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#121753 | ignominious | |
#129990 | scurrilous | |
#144385 | extortionate | |
#157749 | inglorious | |
#191976 | reproachful | |
#244576 | vituperative | |
#285694 | opprobrious |
How to use abusive in a sentence?
Parents place enormous trust in the people who care for their children, and when that is broken, it has lasting effects on families the community, the defendant’s callous treatment of three toddlers was abusive and criminal, and my office will seek justice for the victims.
I wanted to make up for not being there for (my brother) and be there for this woman who was trying to protect people like him in the church, excommunication needs to done away with. I think it’s an abusive practice ... and it’s a tool the church uses to silence people.
He got in my face in an aggressive manner and used abusive language. As for the hit, we did not think that it rose to the level of roughing the passer.
A comment posted on the Manchester United striker’s Instagram page was insulting, abusive, improper and brought the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3.1, the post also constitutes an ‘aggravated breach’, which is defined in FA Rule E3.2, as it included reference, whether express or implied, to colour and/or race and/or ethnic origin.
We are not going back to the policing that I fought to change, we won't go back to abusive policing.
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