abusive
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in the 1530's.
- From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus,[1] from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”).[2]
- abuse + -ive
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
abusive (comparative more abusive, superlative most abusive)
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][3]
- I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller
- (archaic) Catachrestic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][3]
- (archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.][3]
- 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity:
- ...to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.
- 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity:
- Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.][3]
- An abusive lampoon. - Samuel Johnson A dictionary of the English language
- (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. [Attested only from the early to mid 17th century.][3]
- An abusive treaty. - Francis Bacon# (archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
- The abusive prerogatives of his see. - Hallam
- (obsolete) Given to misusing. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.][3]
- Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.
Synonyms [edit]
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- reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
containing abuse
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References [edit]
- ^ 1984 [1975], Urdang, Laurence editor, The Random House College Dictionary, New York, NY: Random House, Inc., ISBN 0-394-43600-8, page 6:
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 8:
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 10:
French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
abusive f
- Feminine singular form of abusif
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
abusive f
- Feminine plural form of abusivo
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
abūsīve
- vocative masculine singular of abūsīvus
