Definitions for Abusive
əˈbyu sɪvabu·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abusive, opprobrious, scurrilousadjective

   expressing offensive reproach

2. abusiveadjective

   characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment

   "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abusiveadjective

   Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.

   I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller

2. abusiveadjective

   Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

3. abusiveadjective

   Being physically injurious.

4. abusiveadjective

   Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

5. abusiveadjective

   Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

6. Etymology: First attested in the 1530's. See abusif, from abusivus, corresponding to

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abusiveadjective

   Etymology: from abuse.

   1. Practising abuse.

   The tongue mov’d gently first, and speech was low,
   Till wrangling science taught it noise and show,
   And wicked wit arose, thy most abusive foe. Alexander Pope, Miscell.

   Dame Nature, as the learned show,
   Provides each animal its foe;
   Hounds hunt the hare, the wily fox
   Devours your geese, the wolf your flocks.
   Thus envy pleads a natural claim,
   To persecute the muse’s fame,
   On poets in all times abusive,
   From down to Pope inclusive. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

   2. Containing abuse; as, an abusive lampoon.

   Next, Comedy appear’d with great applause,
   Till her licentious and abusive tongue
   Waken’d the magistrates coercive pow’r. Wentworth Dillon.

   3. Deceitful; a sense little used, yet not improper.

   It is verified by a number of examples, that whatsoever is gained by an abusive treaty, ought to be restored in integrum. Francis Bacon, Considerations on War with Spain.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abusive

   Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of a thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, crimes, or other types of aggression. To these descriptions, one can also add the Kantian notion of the wrongness of using another human being as means to an end rather than as ends in themselves. Some sources describe abuse as "socially constructed", which means there may be more or less recognition of the suffering of a victim at different times and societies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abusiveadjective

   wrongly used; perverted; misapplied

2. Abusiveadjective

   given to misusing; also, full of abuses

3. Abusiveadjective

   practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow

4. Abusiveadjective

   containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous

5. Abusiveadjective

   tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating

How to pronounce Abusive?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Abusive in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Abusive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Abusive in a Sentence

1. Mathew Rosengart:

   This is not about Britney Spears, this is beyond Britney Spears, there is a lot of people in the country and in the state who are not free and are subjected to forced abusive conservatorships. And that's something I look forward to working with legislators on, both in California and Washington DC.

2. Jeremy Corbyn:

   The prime minister's language is encouraging people to behave in a disgraceful and abusive way towards other public figures, i have witnessed it myself on the streets of this country.

3. Senate Republican:

   The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the President committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did, corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine.

4. Luigi Zingales:

   I give him some credit for trying a different business model, I think the business model based on user data is quite abusive.

5. Monsignor Charles Pope:

   I just think we need to start migrating away from these big things that become so abusive, i think Facebook is going to ultimately regret that they’ve become arrogant or abusive of their power.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Abusive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abusive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Abusive
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abusive
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Abusive