abusive
/əˈbju.sɪv/ adjective B2- 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.
- Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
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One may be continually abusive without saying anything just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”
Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character, in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially of Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end.
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