Emotional abuse synonym

ABUSIVE Synonyms: 32 Synonyms & Antonyms for ABUSIVE

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adj.exhibiting unkind behavior or words

synonyms for abusive

insulting
offensive
rude
calumniating
castigating
censorious
contumelious
defamatory
derisive
disparaging
insolent
invective
libelous
maligning
obloquious
opprobrious
reproachful
reviling
sarcastic
scathing
scolding
scurrilous
sharp-tongued
slanderous
traducing

upbraiding
vilifying
vituperative

antonyms for abusive

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kind
nice
respectful
complimentary

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How to use abusive in a sentence

Unfortunately, some abusive users were beginning to use Send to distribute malware and as part of spear phishing attacks.

MOZILLA SHUTTERS FIREFOX SEND AND NOTESFREDERIC LARDINOISSEPTEMBER 17, 2020TECHCRUNCH

Across the United States, cities are experiencing turbulence and a rise in gun violence following the protests of abusive policing sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

WHAT CAN MAYORS DO WHEN THE POLICE STOP DOING THEIR JOBS?BY ALEC MACGILLISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020PROPUBLICA

Pender told NBC Washington in an interview that he initially had a consensual relationship with Grant and Grant became abusive after Pender ended the relationship.

MALE STAFFER ACCUSES SEAT PLEASANT MAYOR OF SEXUAL HARASSMENTLOU CHIBBARO JR.AUGUST 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE

Apart from this, Twitter authorities also informed about efforts being taken to automate the removal of abusive and manipulated posts.

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So the implication is, you can make your kids stupider by being a bad parent, particularly if you’re abusive or something like that.

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He delivered to the Secretary of State a note abusive and impertinent beyond all example and all endurance.

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One day Captain Bainbridge, of the Essex, was talked to in an abusive way, and said little back.

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Pointing his musket first at one and then at another, he returned yell for yell, and was in fact abusive.

OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST

If you had not prevented him, that blackguard would have used abusive language to me and ranged himself on your side.

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But his vehement and abusive style of declamation could not in debate be compared with the calm reasoning of Castlereagh.

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WORDS RELATED TO ABUSIVE

abusive
brash
brazen
cheeky
contemptuous
derisive
disdainful
disrespectful
forward
humiliating
impertinent
impudent
insulting
malapert
opprobrious
pert
pushy
rude
sassy
saucy
scornful
scurrilous

abusive
calumnious
contumelious
denigrating
derogatory
detracting
detractive
disparaging
injurious
insulting
maligning
opprobrious
traducing
vilifying
vituperative

abusive
blasphemous
blue
coarse
dirty
filthy
foul-mouthed
gross
indecent
lewd
low
nasty
obscene
profane
raunchy
scatological
scurrilous
smutty

abusive
indecent
lewd
obscene
ribald
rude

abhorrent
abusive
annoying
atrocious
biting
cutting
detestable
disagreeable
discourteous
disgusting
distasteful
dreadful
embarrassing
evil
foul
ghastly
grisly
gross
hideous
horrible
impertinent
insolent
invidious
irritating
nasty

abusive
adverse
bad
baneful
corrupting

damaging
dangerous
deadly
deleterious
destructive
detrimental
disadvantageous
evil
harmful
iniquitous
insulting
libeling
mischievous
nocent
nocuous
noxious
opprobrious
pernicious
poisonous
prejudicial
ruinous
slanderous
unconducive
unhealthy
unjust
wrongful

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Synonyms for abuse

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Synonyms for abuse

to use wrongly and improperly

Synonyms

misapply
misappropriate
mishandle
misuse
pervert

to take advantage of unfairly

Synonyms

exploit
impose
presume
use

to hurt or injure by maltreatment

Synonyms

ill-treat
ill-use
maltreat
mishandle
mistreat
misuse

to attack with harsh, often insulting language

Synonyms

assail
rail against
revile
vituperate

wrong, often corrupt use

Synonyms

misapplication
misappropriation
mishandling
misuse
perversion

physically harmful treatment

Synonyms

ill-treatment
maltreatment
mishandling
mistreatment
misusage

harsh, often insulting language

Synonyms

billingsgate
contumely
invective
obloquy
railing
revilement
reviling
scurrility
scurrilousness
vituperation

Synonyms for abuse

cruel or inhumane treatment

Synonyms

ill-treatment
ill-usage
maltreatment

Related Words

mistreatment
child abuse
child neglect
persecution
cruelty
inhuman treatment

a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

Synonyms

contumely
insult
revilement
vilification

Related Words

discourtesy
disrespect
low blow
billingsgate
scurrility
stinger
cut
invective
vituperation
vitriol

improper or excessive use

Synonyms

misuse

Related Words

usage
use
utilisation
utilization
exercise
employment
drug abuse
substance abuse
habit

treat badly

Synonyms

ill-treat
ill-use
maltreat
mistreat
step

Related Words

do by
treat
handle
kick around

change the inherent purpose or function of something

Synonyms

misuse
pervert

Related Words

fracture
expend
use
take in vain

use foul or abusive language towards

Synonyms

blackguard
clapperclaw
shout

Related Words

slang
revile
vilify
vituperate
rail
lash out
attack
snipe
assail
assault
round
curse

use wrongly or improperly or excessively

Related Words

expend
use

Glossary of terms on the topic "bullying"

Abuse (from the English abuse - "abuse" and "ill-treatment") - a manifestation of physical or psychological violence against a person, regardless of age and gender.

Abuser - a person who commits violence, manipulates the victim and forces her to any reactions and actions contrary to her own desires.

Addictive behavior (from English addiction - addiction, addiction; lat. addictus - slavishly devoted) - a special type of forms of destructive behavior, which are expressed in the desire to escape from reality through a special change in one's mental state.

character accentuation (eng. character accentuation ) - a high degree of expression of individual traits character and their combinations, representing an extreme variant norm , bordering on psychopathy .

Auto-aggression - a kind of aggressive behavior in which hostile actions for some reason (mainly social - when the object that caused the aggression is inaccessible, too strong - in one way or another invulnerable) cannot be directed at an irritating object and are directed by a person at himself .

Body shaming - public condemnation of people for their appearance flaws, such as weight, figure, hip size, etc.; discrimination against those who do not fit into the generally accepted standards of beauty. nine0007

Bossing - psychological and sometimes physical abuse to which a representative of the company's management subjects his subordinates.

Bullying (from the English bully - hooligan, fighter, rapist) - repeated acts of various types of violence and bullying by one person or group of people against an individual who cannot protect himself. Consciously planned ongoing physical and (or) psychological abuse, the termination of which requires the intervention of third parties - the principal, teachers, other school employees, students, parents, and sometimes law enforcement officials. nine0007

Buller (bully) - initiator of bullying.

Victimization (from Latin victima - victim) is a fairly stable personal quality that characterizes the object characteristic of an individual to become a victim of external circumstances and the activity of the social environment, a kind of personal predisposition to be a victim in those conditions of interaction with others and the impact of these others, which in this regard, they turn out to be neutral, "not dangerous" for other personalities. nine0007

Gender-based violence - any violent and discriminatory actions carried out on gender grounds, including because of the rejection of a person's gender identity and sexual orientation. It can take the form of psychological, physical or sexual abuse and is based on power imbalances and gender stereotypes.

Gender stereotypes are generalized ideas (beliefs) formed in the culture about how men and women actually behave. nine0007

Discrimination - Prejudicial or differential treatment of a person based on their nationality, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, disability, developmental or behavioral characteristics, the presence of a disease, or any other characteristic.

Internet harassment - Intentional insults, threats, defamation, and communication of compromising data to others using modern means of communication, usually over an extended period of time. nine0007

Cyberbullying - use of mobile phones, e-mail, the Internet, social networks, blogs, chats to harass a person, spread confidential information about him, gossip, defamatory and offensive messages.

Cyberstalking is the use of electronic means to stalk the victim through repeated messages that cause anxiety and irritation.

Libel — deliberately false, defamatory information or dissemination of knowingly false information that discredits the honor and dignity of another person or undermines his reputation. nine0007

Mobbing (eng. mob - crowd) - a form of psychological violence in the form of mass persecution of a person in a team.

Violence - the intentional use of physical force or power, actual or in the form of a threat, directed at oneself or another person or group of persons, which causes or is likely to cause bodily harm, psychological injury, death, developmental disabilities or other damage.

Proximality - the property of a person to easily recognize another person as "one's own", to strive to understand and accept him into his environment, as well as the readiness to provide him with assistance if necessary.

Psychological violence - a set of intentional verbal and behavioral actions aimed at degrading, ignoring, rejecting, controlling or socially isolating a person.

Sexual violence - coercion of a person into sexual relations against his will and desire, as well as any (including not related to coercion) actions of a sexual nature by an adult against a minor who has not reached the age of consent. nine0007

Stalking - (from the English stalking - persecution) - unwanted obsessive attention to one person from another person or group of people.

Stigma is a social label that has a negative connotation and leads to disapproval or rejection of a person.

Stigmatization is a biased attitude towards a person associated with the presence of any properties, signs that are considered undesirable in this community or in society as a whole, unacceptable due to widespread stereotypes. nine0007

Bullying - aggressive harassment of one of the members of the team (especially the team of schoolchildren and students, but also colleagues) by another member of the team.

Trolling (from the English. trolling - "fishing on a lure") - a type of virtual communication with a violation of the ethics of network interaction, expressed in the form of manifestations of various forms of aggressive, mocking and offensive behavior; verbal provocation in order to escalate the communicative conflict. nine0007

Physical Violence is an action with the use of physical force for the purpose of causing pain, discomfort, humiliation of a person's dignity.

Flaming - aggressive verbal interaction, the meaning of which consists solely in the development of aggressive, insulting dialogue and polylogue, often the result of trolling.

Hazing (from the English hazing - “compulsion to commit humiliating acts”) - informal ritual violent rites performed when joining a certain group, and to further maintain the hierarchy in this group. Such rituals are more typical for closed (military, boarding, penitentiary) institutions, but they are also found in ordinary schools and colleges, especially if they have hostels for students from other cities. nine0007

Economic violence — in an educational institution it manifests itself in damage or forcible taking of property (clothing, school supplies, personal belongings, telephones, etc. ) and money from students or employees. Often this type of violence manifests itself through extortion - a one-time or periodic demand for money, things under pressure and coercion, including the threat of reprisal with physical force, disclosure of some information, spreading rumors and gossip. Such actions cause the victim not only material, but also moral damage from the inflicted physical and moral suffering (pain, fear, humiliation). nine0007

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