Abusive and Mean

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Abusive

Abusive adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
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Mean and abusive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Abusive".
Nearby Words: abuse, abused, abusing, abusively

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
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Abusive and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abusive" instead an adjective "Mean".
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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  • Not only is he A Father to His Men, but he's not abusive or mean-spirited to any of the hostages.
    Source: Film / American Meltdown
  • This is almost always portrayed as right and just because Mamoru is just SOOO mean and abusive.
    Source: Good Adultery, Bad Adultery
  • The Fagin However, he's mean and abusive to them, so when Mags rescues them and recruits them to be messenger boys (and keep an ear out for any useful information), they're quite willing to do so.
    Source: The Fagin
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