abusive

abusive is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
2. adjective. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
3. adjective. Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
4. adjective. Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
5. adjective. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
6. adjective. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment

   "abusive punishment"

   "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

7. adjective. expressing offensive reproach

   Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous

Synonyms

opprobrious, scurrilous

Common word forms

abusively, abusiveness

Words from these letters

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