abusive

Etymology

First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive.

adj

1. Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
   All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.
2. (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
3. (archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
   […] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times. 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity
   the abusive prerogatives of his see 1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe
4. Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
5. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
   I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. 1662, Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England
6. (archaic) Catachrestic.