Words similar to abusive

Example sentences for: abusive

How can you use “abusive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

She would have had difficulty proving in court that Thomas had created an "abusive working environment," because she never complained about his harassment and maintained her friendship with him even after she left the EEOC.
Leaving her abusive husband, she moved into the only apartment she could afford, and soon discovered a broken toilet and non- working oven, rats and roaches, and a fourthfloor landing with no railing.
The next man she married, Bob Gingrich, was not physically abusive, but he was cold and uncommunicative toward his stepchildren.
They were simply two lonely souls who bonded over their shared experience of abusive parents.
Today billingsgate is used to mean foul and abusive language: