ABUSIVE Synonyms

• expressing extreme contempt

• for the purpose of attack rather than defense

• causing anger or annoyance

• morally offensive

• unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

• the action of attacking an enemy

• violating or tending to violate or offend against

• causing or able to cause nausea

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• a belittling comment

• the act of belittling

• tending to diminish or disparage

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• punishingly harsh

• resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

• disagreeably direct and precise

• serving or intended to coerce

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• harmful to the mind or morals

• used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

• causing awareness of your shortcomings

• tending to domineer

• causing or capable of causing harm

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• causing hurt

• harmful to living things

• discouraging through fear

• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• darkened by clouds

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

• effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• characterized by violence or bloodshed