Abusive and Vicious

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Abusive

Abusive adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
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Vicious and abusive are semantically related in cruel topic. In some cases you can use "Vicious" instead an adjective "Abusive", when it comes to topics like brutal, violent, ferocious, aggressive.
Nearby Words: abuse, abused, abusing, abusively

Vicious

Vicious adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.
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Abusive and vicious are semantically related in brutal topic. Sometimes you can use "Abusive" instead an adjective "Vicious", if it concerns topics such as cruel, ferocious, aggressive.
Nearby Word: viciously

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  • Joffrey Baratheon himself fills this role eminently by being the most vicious and abusive little Royal Brat in a series full of them until he's killed in the third book.
    Source: Hate Sink / Literature
  • Finger-Forced Smile In Broken Blossoms, poor sad little Lucy has to do this to appease her brutal, vicious, physically abusive father.
    Source: Finger-Forced Smile
  • In Last Res0rt: Jason's mother is revealed in this flashback as a rather vicious (and at least physically abusive) Djinn.
    Source: Abusive Parents / Web Comics
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