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sɪv adjective
1.
using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
2.
treating badly or injuriously; mistreating, especially physically: his abusive handling of the horse.
3.
wrongly used; corrupt: an abusive exercise of power.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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abusive (əˈbjuːsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by insulting or coarse language |
| 2. | characterized by maltreatment |
| 3. | incorrectly used; corrupt |
| a'busively | |
| —adv | |
| a'busiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
abusive
1530s (in abusively), originally "improper," from Fr. abusif (fem. abusive), from L. abusivus, from abusus, pp. of abuti (see abuse). Meaning "full of abuse" is from 1580s. Abuseful was used 17c., and Shakespeare has abusious ("Taming of the Shrew," 1594).
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