Abusive
Abusive adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: never one to believe that honorable people can disagree honorably, he invariably launches abusive attacks against anyone who dares to challenge him
Libelous and abusive are semantically related. in exhibiting unkind behavior or words topic. In some cases you can use "Libelous" instead an adjective "Abusive".
Libelous
Libelous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rude and abusive
- rude and libelous
- offensive and abusive
- offensive and libelous
- opprobrious and abusive
- opprobrious and libelous
- insulting and abusive
- insulting and libelous
- sarcastic and abusive
- sarcastic and libelous
- derisive and abusive
- derisive and libelous
- disparaging and abusive
- disparaging and libelous
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