English-Portuguese translations for abusive

• abusivo
  A Comissão concorda também plenamente com o relatório da Comissão dos Assuntos Económicos e Monetários no que respeita à necessidade de evitar o recurso excessivo ou abusivo à via litigiosa. The Commission also fully agrees with the ECON Committee report, that excessive or abusive litigation must be avoided.

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