Antonyms for abusive
əˈbyu sɪvabu·sive

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1. abusive

   Antonyms:
   respectful, kind, panegyrical, laudatory, attentive

   Synonyms:
   insulting, insolent, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, rude, denunciatory, scurrilous

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1. abusive, opprobrious, scurrilousadjective

   expressing offensive reproach

   Antonyms:
   harmless, unoffending, inoffensive

   Synonyms:
   scurrilous, opprobrious, inglorious, shameful, disgraceful, black, ignominious

2. abusiveadjective

   characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment

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

   Antonyms:
   harmless, inoffensive, unoffending

   Synonyms:
   opprobrious, scurrilous

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1. abusiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   reviling, scurrilous, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, insulting, rffensive, contumelious, outrageous

How to use abusive in a sentence?

1. Carrie Luft:

   It is our hope that changing the legal definition can help change the story for people in abusive relationships.

2. The SEC:

   We will act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity that is prohibited by the federal securities laws, market participants should be careful to avoid such activity. Likewise, issuers must ensure compliance with the federal securities laws for any contemplated offers or sales of their own securities.

3. John Sifton:

   The Taliban represent an abusive authority, a brutal regime that has killed people and repressed and plans to subjugate the human rights of millions of people in coming years, but none of that will matter to those people if they're dead because of famine.

4. Edmund Burke:

   The wise determine from the gravity of the case the irritable, from sensibility to oppression the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.

5. Patricia Gossman:

   Atrocities by the Taliban and other insurgents are no excuse for the government to deploy abusive militias or fail to hold the security forces accountable for violations.

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