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Definition of Abusive

Abusive Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow. Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. Related Definitions: Abuse, Abusive, Also, An, As, Author, By, Cheating, Coarse, Containing, Deceive, Fellow, Fraudulent, Full, Given, Ill, Instrument, Insulting, Misapplied, Of, Or, Other, Perverted, Practicing, Prone, Reproachful, Scurrilous, Serving, Tending, The, To, Treat, Usage, Used, Vituperative, Wrongly

Abusive Quotations When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. Kevyn Aucoin I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. Janice Dickinson It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said. Lisa Snowdon I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right. Natalie Portman Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady. Gloria Gaynor

Abusive Translations abusive in Dutch is krenkend, beledigend, grievend abusive in French is injurieux abusive in German is schimpflich abusive in Italian is offensivo, insulto abusive in Spanish is ultrajante, ultraje, abusivo

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