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Unkind vs Abusive - What's the difference?

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Unkind is a related term of abusive.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between unkind and abusive

is that unkind is (obsolete) having no race or kindred; childless while abusive is (obsolete) given to misusing .

As adjectives the difference between unkind and abusive

is that unkind is (obsolete) having no race or kindred; childless while abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal
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unkind

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Having no race or kindred; childless.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural.
  • Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.
  • * 1950 July 3, Politicians Without Politics'', '' , page 16,
  • Despite the bursitis, Dewey got in a good round of golf, though his cautious game inspired a reporter to make one of the week?s unkindest remarks: β€œHe plays golf like he plays politics β€” straight down the middle, and short.”
  • * 1974 , Laurence William Wylie, Village in the Vaucluse , 3rd Edition, page 175,
  • We had to learn that to refuse such gifts, which represented serious sacrifice, was more unkind than to accept them.
  • * 2000 , Edward W. Said, On Lost Causes'', in ''Reflections on Exile and Other Essays , page 540,
  • In the strictness with which he holds this view he belongs in the company of the novelists I have cited, except that he is unkinder and less charitable than they are.

    Derived terms

    * unkindest cut

    Anagrams

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    abusive

    English

    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.
  • *
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative

    Derived terms

    * abusively * abusiveness

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