Abusive is a related term of vitriolic.
As adjectives the difference between abusive and vitriolic
is that
abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal while
vitriolic is of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol.
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. [ ]
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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.
Synonyms
* reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative
Derived terms
* abusively
* abusiveness
References
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vitriolic English
Adjective
( en adjective)
of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
(chemistry): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.
See also
* Vitriolic acid
* sulphuric acid
* vitriol
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