abusive
US: /əbˈjusɪv/
UK: /ɐbjˈuːsɪv/
UK: /ɐbjˈuːsɪv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
abusive /ə'bju:siv/
- tính từ
- lạm dụng
- lăng mạ, sỉ nhục, chửi rủa
- abusive words: những lời chưởi rủa, những lời sỉ nhục
- lừa dối, lừa gạt
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) ngược đãi, hành hạ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (of speech or of a person) rude and offensive; criticizing rudely and unfairly: abusive language / remarks + He became abusive when he was drunk.
2 (of behaviour) involving violence: an abusive relationship
abusively adverb (rare)
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 insulting, scurrilous, vituperative, calumnious, offensive, slanderous, libellous, defamatory, censorious, opprobrious, disparaging, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, derisory, derisive, reviling, vilifying, vituperative, reproachful; profane; rude, filthy, dirty, foul, vulgar, obscene, smutty, vile, thersitical:
The Crown refuses to tolerate abusive satire directed at the king. If I hear another word of abusive language out of you, I'll wash out your mouth with soap!
2 perverted, misapplied, improper, wrong, incorrect; exploitive, exploitative, exploitatory; brutal, cruel, injurious, hurtful, harmful, destructive:
Despite the abusive treatment of wives, married women commanded much respect.
3 corrupt, venal, dishonest, crooked:
The politicians exercised abusive power over the townspeople.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | become, get
ADV.
very | quite | openly
He became openly abusive.
