English Dictionary

abusive

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbjuː.sɪv/

形容詞

廃用 古語

Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. / (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

日本語の意味

粗野で侮辱的な言葉やその他の虐待行為により、相手を酷く扱う傾向がある / 口汚く、非難を伴う表現、または嫌悪感を与える言い方をすること / （古い用法）欺く傾向がある、詐欺的な

The manager's abusive behavior toward interns finally led to an investigation.

その上司のインターンに対する虐待的な振る舞いはついに調査につながった。

意味（1）

Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.

an abusive treaty

意味（3）

(archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.

[…] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.

意味（4）

Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.

意味（5）

Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.

I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof.

意味（6）

(archaic) Catachrestic.

more abusive （ comparative ）

most abusive （ superlative ）