abusive
adjective
using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language.
abusively
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a word derived from
abusive.
Example Sentences
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That video circulated rapidly on TikTok and other social media, leading to rumors and allegations that Halili and Reitsma had behaved abusively to fans who had trusted in them as "ministers."
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
Among the proposals were better pay for stunt coordinators, being granted residuals from network reruns and high-budget streaming shows, and overtime or rest between work days “to address abusively long hours on set.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
The industry group, which called Miller High Life “beer cans abusively bearing the designation Champagne” in the title of a press release, paid for the termination of the beer cans.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
NSO has long touted its human rights policy despite repeated allegations that its software has been used abusively, including to spy on victims of human rights violations.
From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2023
And after the exile and condemnation of Themistokles, Timokreon wrote much more abusively about him in a song which begins, "Muse, far away, Sound this my lay, For it both meet and right is."
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
