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The correct spelling is abusive.
How to pronounce abusive
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
adjectiveIPA: /əˈbjuː.sɪv/
Say it like: Abu-siv-e
The correct spelling is abusive. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. For example: "All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues."
Usage Examples
“All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.”
Definition
adjective
- 1.Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
- 2.Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
- 3.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.
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