abusive

abusive has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
• a.. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
• a.. Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
• a.. Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
• a.. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
• a.. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
• a.. expressing offensive reproach