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abusive

/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
adjective
  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 and my colleagues."

  2. Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

  3. Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

Synonymsberating, injurious, insolent, insulting, offensive, opprobrious

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