[
US
/əbˈjusɪv/
]
[ UK /ɐbjˈuːsɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɐbjˈuːsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- expressing offensive reproach
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characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
abusive punishment
argued...that foster homes are abusive
How To Use abusive In A Sentence
- Individuals should not be allowed to run amok insulting and using abusive language against one another.
- Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
- Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
- The film also stars Jared Leto as Alexander's special boyhood chum, Rosario Dawson as his sex-starved wife, Angelina Jolie as his nagging mother and Val Kilmer as his abusive father.
- United Brands produced bananas, and was accused of a variety of abusive practices which were said to infringe Article 86.
- A high percentage of their investmetns were tax shelters andthey are featured in the 2003 and 2005 Senate reports on abusive tax shelter promotion. Updates On The Clintons' Tax Returns
- Both players were found guilty of foul and abusive language towards the match official during Acorn's defeat to Normanton Knights on November 20.
- None of this is an argument for staying in unhappy or abusive relationships. Times, Sunday Times
- Congress recently acted to deny trade preferences to countries that fail to meet their legal obligations to end such abusive child labor.
- She does strange things, talks to herself and has become abusive to her husband. The Sun