Damning vs Abusive - What's the difference?
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A condemnation.
* 2003 , Richard Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History (page 338)
An act of swearing with the word "damn".
* (Daniel Defoe)
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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Damning is a related term of abusive.
As adjectives the difference between damning and abusive
is that damning is condemning while abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal .As a verb damning
is .As a noun damning
is a condemnation.damning
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Verb
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(en noun)- This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run.
- No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings , and swearings he makes.
