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abusive
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin ab?s?vus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bju?.s?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /??bju.s?v/, /??bju.z?v/
Adjective
abusive (comparative more abusive, superlative most abusive)
- Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. [Attested only from the early to mid 17th century.]
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- an abusive treaty
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- (archaic) Catachrestic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
Synonyms
- (prone to treating badly): reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative
Derived terms
- abusively
- abusiveness
Translations
References
French
Adjective
abusive
- feminine singular of abusif
Italian
Adjective
abusive
- feminine plural of abusivo
Latin
Adjective
ab?s?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ab?s?vus
References
- abusive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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loathsome
English
Alternative forms
- loathesome
Etymology
From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *l?þsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþsam, equivalent to loath +? -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??ð.s?m/, /?l???.s?m/
Adjective
loathsome (comparative more loathsome, superlative most loathsome)
- Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.
Derived terms
- loathsomely
- loathsomeness
- unloathsome
Translations
Further reading
- loathsome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- loathsome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- loathsome at OneLook Dictionary Search
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