abusive
adjective
using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language.
abusiveness
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a word derived from
abusive.
Example Sentences
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Goldsmith added that she had "assisted the journalists who finally exposed him", and had been willing to testify to his "abusiveness" if they were sued.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Mr. Dirden speaks with a majestic orotundity that evokes a preacher carrying around an invisible pulpit, and exudes a preening pomposity and the requisite vicious abusiveness toward Lucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
“There is abusiveness, but we do have to provide disaster aid, and whether that’s for a hurricane or whether it’s for flooding, or whether that’s for wildfires, we’ve got to do that.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
These limits included issuing fines for abusiveness “only when there has been a lack of a good-faith effort to comply with the law,” which is, of course, ridiculous.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2021
Their crude productions, for the most part, were conspicuous rather for insolence and abusiveness than for logic or learning.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
