Abusive: alternatives and connections

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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To treat amiss; to abuse.

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To treat amiss; to abuse.

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Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.