Definition of "abusive" in Anglais

adjective

1. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

   • All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.

2. (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

3. (archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

4. Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.

5. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

6. (archaic) Catachrestic.