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Abusive is an adjective used to describe a person who abuses a person or an animal—mistreats and causes harm to them. It can also be used to describe such a person’s actions.

The noun abuse refers to such mistreatment. A person who abuses someone can be called an abuser.

The kind of abuse is sometimes specified before the word abusive, as in physically abusive and emotionally abuse.

Example: Just because it’s not physical doesn’t mean it’s not abusive—emotional abuse can leave its own scars.

The first records of the word abusive come from the 1500s. It’s an adjective form of abuse, which comes from the Latin ����ū���ܲ�, from the Latin verb ����ū��ī, meaning “to misuse.” The prefix ab- means “outside of” or “opposite to.”

When someone is labeled as abusive, it often means they have repeatedly abused someone. We often think of abuse as a repeated behavior, and it often is, but even a single instance of mistreatment qualifies as abuse. Unfortunately, people can be abusive in many ways, and those forms are often specified along with the word. An abusive relationship is one in which one or both of the partners abuses the other.

While the word abuse can be applied to less serious situations (like to refer to the misuse or overuse of objects), abusive almost always refers to the mistreatment of people or animals.

What are some other forms related to abusive?

• abuse (verb, noun)
• abusively (adverb)
• abusiveness (noun)
• non-abusive (noun)

What are some words that share a root or word element with abusive?��

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• use
• utilize
• abnormal

What are some words that often get used in discussing abusive?

• physically
• emotionally
• verbally
• behavior
• relationship
• parent
• spouse

Abusive is always used negatively to describe an abuser or their actions.

If you are going to be a parent or are one, please, please resolve your issues through therapy. Your kids are ANXIOUS. The amount of stories about abusive parents, in my inbox are evidence of this. Stop projecting on your children, they are adult with ISSUES. I'm begging you.

— Harriet Thee Thugman (@Wicked_Womanist)

. tells that she has a “little black book,” containing all of the racist and sexually abusive behavior she has witnessed throughout her career:

"I’ve got my little black book, which will be published on my deathbed."

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— Pop Crave (@PopCrave)

A break up/divorce is better than an abusive (physical, emotional etc) relationship / marriage.

PASS IT ON 👏

— Chief Servant ⚜️ (@_SelormAdzimah)

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