ABUSIVE
\ɐbjˈuːsɪv], \ɐbjˈuːsɪv], \ɐ_b_j_ˈuː_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of ABUSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
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Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
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Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
By Oddity Software
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Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
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Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
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Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Practising abuse; containing abuse; deceitful.
By Thomas Sheridan