abusive
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5.1
- adjective
- /əˈbjuːsɪv/
- NSFW
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abusivo
- So my real father was an abusive alcoholic, physically abusive alcoholic to my mother.
- abusive behavior
- an abusive relationship
- an abusive partner
The child is the recipient of severely abusive sexual violence.
- The child is the recipient of severely abusive sexual violence.
- Her father is abusive towards her mother.
- Some have had downright abusive, traumatic, violent childhoods.
- His father was abusive to him and to his mother.
- We divorced and he was abusive physically.
- Somebody could have a horrible, traumatic, abusive childhood.
- He's also said women should stay in violent physically abusive marriages.
- And many of them were coming to flee abusive husbands.
- They don't identify as, you know, as a violent, abusive male.
- I want to ask you, were you ever physically abusive in any way?
- So my real father was an abusive alcoholic, physically abusive alcoholic to my mother.
- She had the loving support of her abusive partner's sister.
- Signs of trauma, toxic and abusive relationships.
- Like Wendy, I grew up in a very abusive environment.
- But some people some people chain smoke some some people are abusive to their partners.
Examples
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The actions you took against that man were abusive and cruel.
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My dad was drinking way beyond control and was abusive and all that sort of stuff.
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Her father is abusive towards her mother.
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His father was abusive to him and to his mother.
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And prior to that I was myself in an abusive relationship when I was very young.
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I just left my abusive boyfriend.
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And that keeps people trapped in abusive relationships.
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What happens when their legal guardian is dangerous and abusive?
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Like Wendy, I grew up in a very abusive environment.
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Her father was abusive and often yelled at her and her mother.
Synonyms
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2.5
Using strong force that causes harm
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2.8
Unkind and too strict in what someone says or does to others
229
4.8
Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
222
5.2
Deliberately cruel and likely to hurt someone
76
2.8
Causing pain to someone's feelings or making them feel upset
68
4.2
Very strict and harsh when judging or punishing people
43
6.3
Using harsh, unfair power to control people and limit their freedom
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6.3
Using too much force or strict control when dealing with people
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8.2
Likely to attack or hurt other people physically
2
7.9
Very harsh and not forgiving when criticizing or acting
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8.9
Acting in a harsh way that ignores other people's feelings
Being loud and aggressive to frighten others
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abusive comes from the word abuse, which originally meant 'to use wrongly' and had the parts ab- 'away' and use 'to use'. So abusive treatment means 'using' a person wrongly, which is why it describes harm that is physical or psychological.