abusive
Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
Word facts
Definition of Abusive
Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
Example sentences
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All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.
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How many syllables does abusive have?
Abusive has 3 syllables: abu·siv·e. The word is broken into 3 spoken beats.
What part of speech is abusive?
Abusive is used as a adjective. As an adjective, it describes or modifies a noun.
What are synonyms for abusive?
Words with similar meanings to abusive include berating, injurious, insolent, insulting. The best synonym depends on the exact context you are writing or reading in.
How do you use abusive in a sentence?
Example: "All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues."
What words start with the same letter as abusive?
Abusive starts with the letter A. You can browse all words beginning with A on the Word Explorer A page, or use the Prefix Finder tool to search for words that begin with specific starting letters.
How many letters does abusive have?
Abusive has 7 letters. It contains 3 syllables and starts with the letter A. In word games, letter count and syllable count can help narrow results when you know the word length.