The meaning of Abusive

adjective

Savagely cruel.

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He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

adjective

Extremely cruel

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Barbaric behavior/practices

adjective

Extremely brutal.

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Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

Dismissive of the importance of a person or thing.

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His cruel, belittling remarks

verb

Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.

Usage examples:

She belittled amy's riding skills whenever she could

verb

Present participle of belittle

Usage examples:

Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts., stop belittling yourself…

adjective

Savagely violent.

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A brutal murder

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a brute.

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He was coarse and brutish

adjective

Rough, unpleasant, and often violent

Usage examples:

It has been said that life is often "nasty, brutish, and short".

idiom

Having a body temperature that is not internally regulated

adjective

Denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic.

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Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the s…

adjective

Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous.

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A cold-blooded murder

adjective

Having or showing a lack of care for others

Usage examples:

She said that the city’s decision to close the homeless shelter was cold-hearted.

adjective

Showing contempt; scornful.

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She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

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People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

Usage examples:

Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

Usage examples:

Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

(of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libellous.

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A defamatory allegation

adjective

Likely to harm someone's reputation

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Defamatory remarks/statements/allegations, she said the story was "completely untrue and highly def…

adjective

Damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true

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Highly defamatory he claims the remarks were highly defamatory., the magazine had refused to withdr…

adjective

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

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He gave a harsh, derisive laugh

adjective

Showing derision

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Derisive laughter, a derisive comment/remark

adjective

Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

Usage examples:

She tells me i'm fat and is always making derogatory remarks

adjective

Expressing criticism or insult

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She was upset by derogatory comments made about her clothes.

adjective

Showing contempt or lack of respect.

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With a last disdainful look, she turned towards the door

adjective

Showing that someone does not like someone or something and thinks that they do not deserve interest or respect

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She cast a disdainful glance at the food., disdainful of he is openly disdainful of journalists who…

adjective

Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.

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Disparaging remarks about council houses

verb

Regard or represent as being of little worth.

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He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

adjective

Criticizing someone, in a way that shows you do not respect or value them

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Disparaging remarks

adjective

Showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite.

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A deeply disrespectful attitude towards women

adjective

Displaying a complete lack of feeling or consideration.

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Heartless thieves stole the pushchair of a two-year-old boy

adjective

Cruel or unkind

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She denounced the cutbacks on aid to the poor as heartless and shortsighted policies.

adjective

Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.

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The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners

adjective

Extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling

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In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

adjective

Without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel.

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Confining wild horses is inhumane

adjective

Reflecting a lack of pity or compassion

adjective

Cruel to people or animals in not caring about their suffering or about the conditions under which they live

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We have a responsibility to protect animals from inhumane treatment.

adjective

Disrespectful or scornfully abusive.

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Insulting remarks

verb

Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.

Usage examples:

You're insulting the woman i love

adjective

Rude or offensive

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You can't offer such a low salary to someone who is so highly skilled - it's insulting.

adjective

Showing no mercy.

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A merciless attack with a blunt instrument

adjective

Showing no kindness; cruel

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A merciless enemy, he was teased mercilessly at school.

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

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The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

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An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

adjective

Expressing contempt or disapproval.

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Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term

noun

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

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Most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives

adjective

Insulting, disapproving, or suggesting that something is not good or is of no importance

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Is "yankee" a pejorative term?

adjective

Showing no pity; cruel.

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A pitiless executioner

adjective

Without mercy or sympathy

adjective

Having or showing no pity

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A pitiless dictator

adjective

Without regret or guilt.

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A remorseless killer

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

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She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

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I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

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A ruthless manipulator

adjective

Without mercy or pity

adjective

Cruel, or determined to succeed without caring about others

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A ruthless ruler, to compete abroad requires ruthless cost-cutting at home.

adjective

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

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She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

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Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

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The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

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Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Feeling or expressing contempt or derision.

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The opposition were scornful of the prime minister's proposal

adjective

Not displaying sympathy or concern for others.

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An uncaring father

adjective

Not worrying about other people's troubles or doing anything to help them

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The charity criticized the city for its "callous, uncaring attitude" to the homeless.

adjective

Not complimentary; negative or insulting.

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Uncomplimentary remarks

adjective

Rudely criticizing

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She had some very uncomplimentary things to say about stephen.

adjective

Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

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My mother is a cold, unfeeling woman

adjective

Not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering

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An unfeeling man

adjective

Inconsiderate and harsh to others.

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You were terribly unkind to her

adjective

Not kind

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He’s made some very unkind remarks about his employer lately.

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

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A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

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I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Bitter and abusive.

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A vituperative outburst

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

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A vulgar check suit