Abusive
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020
Crossword Answers
4 letters
FLAK
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
6 letters
INSULT
A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
ASSAIL
Attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
BECALL
7 letters
CRUELTY
A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
8 letters
ILLTREAT
MALTREAT
Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
VIOLATED
Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
9 letters
SLAPHAPPY
Dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
10 letters
DEROGATORY
Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
SCURRILOUS
Expressing offensive reproach
AGGRAVATED
Made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault"
11 letters
OPPROBRIOUS
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
12 letters
CONTEMPTUOUS
Expressing extreme contempt