Adjective

(en adjective)

Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

* I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller

(archaic) Catachrestic.

(archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse.

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Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

* An abusive lampoon. - A dictionary of the English language

(obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

* An abusive treaty. -

(archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

* The abusive prerogatives of his see. -

(obsolete) Given to misusing.

Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

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Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.