abusive
abusive Lexical Profile
abusive Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Characterized by habitual cruelty, mistreatment, or emotional, psychological, or physical harm toward another person or animal.
"The community center offers counseling and safe housing for individuals leaving an abusive relationship."
Extremely offensive, insulting, or demeaning in language or speech.
"The referee immediately ejected the player from the match for using abusive language toward the officials."
Involving the improper, corrupt, or exploitative use of power, authority, or legal procedure.
"Regulators introduced strict new guidelines to curb abusive lending practices in the housing market."
• Rhymes for abusive
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Middle French abusif or directly from Latin abusivus ('misapplied' or 'improperly used'), derived from abuti ('to misuse' or 'use up'), from ab- ('away') and uti ('to use').