abusiveness
41abusive — a|bu|sive [əˈbju:sıv] adj using cruel words or physical violence ▪ Smith denies using abusive language to the referee. ▪ He became abusive and his wife was injured in the struggle. >abusively adv >abusiveness n [U] …
42diatribe — [16] Diatribe’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that… …
43abusive — (adj.) 1530s (implied in abusively), originally improper, from Fr. abusif, from L. abusivus, from abus , pp. stem of abuti (see ABUSE (Cf. abuse) (v.)). Meaning full of abuse is from 1580s. Abuseful was used 17c., and Shakespeare has abusious (… …
44injuriousness — n. harmfulness; hurtfulness; offensiveness, abusiveness …
45abusive — adjective 1》 offensive and insulting. 2》 characterized by physical abuse. 3》 involving illegality. Derivatives abusively adverb abusiveness noun …
46acrimony — n. 1. Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity. 2. Severity, harshness, hardness, sourness, tartness, acridity, acridness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill temper, spite,… …
47abusive — adjective very rude and using offensive language, especially because you are angry: get/become abusive: She got quite abusive on the phone. abusively adverb abusiveness noun (U) …
48abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… …
49acrimony — n 1. acrimoniousness, causticity, asperity, mordancy, acridness, acridity, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; harshness, sharpness, sourness, acidulousness, acidity,… …
50asperity — n 1. acrimony, acrimoniousness, causticity, mordancy, bitterness, acridity, acridness, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; harshness, sharpness, sourness, acidulousness,… …
