abusive C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈbju.sɪv/ UK /əˈbjuː.sɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #12884 Meanings 1 adj characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment Abusive punishment. Thesaurus Synonyms contumeliousexploitiveinsultant ↔ Opposites abuselessnonabusiveunabusive Word family Derived forms abusivelyabusivenessabusivity Related forms abuser Etymology First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive. abusif French abūsīvus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # abusive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈbju.sɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈbjuː.sɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 12884 ## Meanings 1. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment ## Examples - Abusive punishment. ## Synonyms - contumelious - exploitive - insultant ## Antonyms - abuseless - nonabusive - unabusive ## Derived Forms - abusively - abusiveness - abusivity ## Related Forms - abuser ## Roots and Affixes - Root: abusif - Root: abūsīvus ## Etymology First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown