Synonyms for abusive
əˈbyu sɪvabu·sive

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1. abusive

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

   Antonyms:
   respectful, kind, panegyrical, laudatory, attentive

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1. abusive, opprobrious, scurrilousadjective

   expressing offensive reproach

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

   Antonyms:
   harmless, unoffending, inoffensive

2. abusiveadjective

   characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment

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

   Synonyms:
   opprobrious, scurrilous

   Antonyms:
   harmless, inoffensive, unoffending

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1. thersitical

   scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.

   these he lists in language so richly thersitical that his english translator, likely herring himself, must have strained his vocabulary to its limits to do it justice.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

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1. abusiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   reproachful, opprobrious, scurrilous, ribald, contumelious, vituperative, condemnatory, damnatory, invective, calumnious, denunciatory, insulting, insolent

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1. abusiveadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "abusive":

   undue, improper, unfair, insulting, exploitative, vexatious, violent, abuse, arbitrary, offensive, extortionate

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1. Mariann Meier Wang:

   First Amendment grounds.These women look forward to proving Ms. Zervos's claim that defendant lied when he maliciously attacked Jennifer Schecter for reporting his sexually abusive behavior.

2. Lindsey Boylan:

   From the beginning, I simply asked that the Governor stop his abusive behavior, it became abundantly clear he was unable to do that, instead attacking and blaming victims until the end. It is a tragedy that so many stood by and watched these abuses happen.

3. Brian Pacheco:

   For starters, a common myth is that domestic violence is only physical. It can also be verbal, emotional, financial and sexual. For abusers, often times they are well-respected and admired in public but abusive behind closed doors. or one moment they may be incredible loving and caring to their partner and abusive the next. Some refer to this as the Jekyll and Hyde effect, not knowing which personality you will get.

4. An NBA spokesperson:

   Based on attempts to include violent, abusive and hateful messages on personalized NBA jerseys, the personalization feature has been disabled on NBAStore.com, fanatics, the operator of our online store, isconducting a further review to establish appropriate safeguards and ensure that this feature is not used to promote violence, hate or abuse of any kind. Hawley blasted the leagues decision. Rather than let fans order #FreeHongKong jerseys @nba kills custom gear altogether.

5. Lorella Praeli:

   In the Warrant Service Officer( WSO) program, as it is called, sheriffs deputies would receive one day of training. Unlike the more involved 287( g) ICE program, deputies would not interview a detainee to ascertain his or her citizenship and immigration status. Instead, they essentially would file a federal warrant, directing the local jail to hold a criminal alien for 48 hours after the scheduled release until an ICE agent shows up to take custody. It is cheaper and may allow sheriffs to act without violating sanctuary laws. Expect blowback and scrutiny from opponents. This program is just the latest scheme by ICE to enlist local police in its abusive deportation agenda, the agency explicitly aims to subvert the will of local communities that have passed ordinances to prevent exactly this kind of cooperation between police and ICE.