Abusive vs Ridiculous - What's the difference?
abusive | ridiculous |
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.
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Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
As adjectives the difference between abusive and ridiculous
is that abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal while ridiculous is deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.abusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperativeDerived terms
* abusively * abusivenessReferences
ridiculous
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- That hairstyle looks ridiculous .
- It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.