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Adjective: abusive  u'byoo-siv
  1. Expressing offensive reproach
    - opprobrious, scurrilous
     
  2. Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
    "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

See also: harmful, offensive

Encyclopedia: Abusive