| a. | 1. | Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. |
| 2. | Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. | |
| 3. | Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; | |
| 4. | Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. | |
| 5. | Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating. |
| Adj. | 1. | abusive - expressing offensive reproach |
| 2. | abusive - characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |