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adjective ((compar): more abusive, (superl): most abusive)
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
- Quotations
- I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the acceptation thereof. - Fuller
- (archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
- Quotations
- The prerogatives of his see. - Hallam
- Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an author; an fellow.
- Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
- Quotations
- An lampoon. - Johnson
- (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
- Quotations
- An treaty. - Bacon
Etymology: See French. abusif, from Latin abusivus
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