Abusive vs Inimical - What's the difference?
abusive | inimical | Related terms |
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
* I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller
(archaic) Catachrestic.
(archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse.
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Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
* An abusive lampoon. - A dictionary of the English language
(obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
* An abusive treaty. -
(archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
* The abusive prerogatives of his see. -
(obsolete) Given to misusing.
Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.
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Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
Abusive is a related term of inimical.
As adjectives the difference between abusive and inimical
is that abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal while inimical is harmful in effect.abusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperativeDerived terms
* abusively * abusivenessReferences
inimical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.