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Harshly insulting
offensive, scurrilous, insulting, sharp-tongued; see opprobrious, rude 2.
Treating badly
brutal, sadistic, injurious, corrupt; see cruel 1.
See abusive in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse:
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