I had never received such an abusive letter before.
Source: tatoeba (254778)
Abusive
//əˈbjuː.sɪv//
Synonyms for "abusive" (146 found)
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Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُؤْذٍ adj (practicing abuse)
- مُسِيء adj (practicing abuse)
Asturian
1 entries- abusivu adj (practicing abuse)
Catalan
2 entries- abusiu adj (wrongly used)
- abusiu adj (practicing abuse)
Galician
1 entries- abusivo adj (practicing abuse)
Irish
1 entries- maslach adj (practicing abuse)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- abuzadu adj (practicing abuse)
- abuzóde adj (practicing abuse)
Latin
1 entries- contumēliōsus adj (practicing abuse)
Māori
2 entries- ngutu momoho adj (wrongly used)
- ngutu momoho adj (practicing abuse)
Portuguese
2 entries- abusivo adj (practicing abuse)
- abusivo adj (containing abuse)
Romanian
1 entries- abuziv adj (practicing abuse)
Russian
3 entries- бра́нный adj (containing abuse)
- ма́терный adj (containing abuse)
- руга́тельный adj (containing abuse)
Spanish
1 entries- abusivo adj (practicing abuse)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
They used abusive language to her.
Source: tatoeba (307449)
Slanderous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening and harassing comments are not tolerated.
Source: tatoeba (1038052)
The purpose of antitrust law is to stop the abusive influence of the market by big companies.
Source: tatoeba (1832760)
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