Abuses
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Both words in one sentence
- Someone who abuses another character through Kafka Komedy or No Sympathy, particularly if the audience sympathizes with what the often good-natured character has suffered, which is frequently no fault of their own.
Source: Analysis / The Scrappy -
In every strip he bullies and emotionally abuses his rather weak-willed mother, blaming her for whatever problem he's caused (and what's more she always believes it's truly her fault) and leading her to spend money she doesn't have to cater to her son's every whim.
Source: Spoiled Brat
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