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abusive

aggettivoattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//əˈbjuː.sɪv//
  • Stati Uniti//əˈbju.sɪv//
  • Stati Uniti//əˈbju.zɪv//

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

aggettivo

  1. 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.

    "Zero Tolerance. Aggressive and abusive behavior will not be tolerated. Our team are here to help, not hurt," the signs read.

  2. 2

    obsoletoTending to deceive; fraudulent.

    an abusive treaty

  3. 3

    arcaicoTending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

    […] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.

    the abusive prerogatives of his see

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

    I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof.

  6. 6

    arcaicoCatachrestic.

Etimologia

First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive.

Forme

comparativo
more abusive
superlativo
most abusive
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