ABUSIVE

ABU'SIVE, adjective 1. Practicing abuse; offering harsh words, or ill treatment; as an abusive author; an abusive fellow.2. Containing abuse, or that is the instrument of abuse, as abusive words; rude; reproachful. In the sense of deceitful, as an abusive treaty. [Little used.]

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abusive. Abusive, a. conveying abuse, offensive, rude

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A‐bu″sive (�), a. [[Cf. F. abusif, fr. L. abusivus.]] 1. 1. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. Fuller. 2. 2. Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. “The abusive prerogatives of his see.” Hallam.
3. 3. Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
4. 4. Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. “An abusive lampoon.” Johnson.
5. 5. Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. “An abusive treaty.” Bacon.
Syn. — Reproachful; scurrilous; opprobrious; insolent; insulting; injurious; offensive; reviling.