English-German translations for abusive

• beleidigend
  Die Bemerkungen, die Herrn Gollnisch zugeschrieben werden, waren weder Anstiftungen zu Gewalt noch waren sie verachtend oder beleidigend. The comments attributed to Mr Gollnisch were not incitements to violence and were not abusive or insulting.

Definition of abusive

• Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
• Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
• Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
• Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse
• Catachrestic.

Examples

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

Related words

• abusiveness
• abusively
• abusive language
• abusive price