Unseemly vs Abusive - What's the difference?
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Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
* Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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.
As adjectives the difference between unseemly and abusive
is that unseemly is inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste while abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.unseemly
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Alternative forms
* unsemely (archaic)Adjective
(er)- He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
- An unseemly outbreak of temper.