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abusive
/əˈbjuː.sɪv/
adjective
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."
Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
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