abusiveness

noun

Definition of abusivenessnext
as in cruelty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abusiveness
  1. cruelty
  2. hatred
  3. malevolence
  4. malice
  5. spite
  6. malignancy
  7. hostility
  8. malignity
Noun
  • The verdict came after the mother pleaded guilty to four charges of child cruelty at a hearing on Oct. 9, the CPS confirmed.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Family seeks stronger laws to combat animal cruelty Soon after Sonnemann was charged, Shelly Ciardo called numerous state legislators to try to get stronger laws to combat animal cruelty.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of cruelty
Noun
  • Years of mud-slinging would follow and their hatred for each other seemed to only intensify.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Tribalism forms connections based on ignorance and shared hatred.
    Dan Berger, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • Eastwood’s story runs on the bedrock of the unimpeachable, confident that there is a definite truth to be discovered about an event such as the killing of Kendall and that only malevolence or incompetence could prevent its discovery.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
  • What Uzumaki never loses is the core idea that the human body is a malleable, spongy thing, available to absorb both kindness, compassion, and good energy and malevolence, evil, and brutality.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of malevolence
Noun
  • His son was indicted separately on 55 counts, including four counts of malice murder and four counts of felony murder, in the Sept. 4 shooting at the Winder high school.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Simon was on 19 charges last month, including malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another, false report of a crime and making a false statement.
    Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of malice
Noun
  • The world’s going to get warmer, more unhealthy and more dangerous in spite of burying our collective heads in the sand.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • In spite of public scrutiny, Congress has managed to keep itself among the highest paying professions.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of spite
Noun
  • Suspicion of malignancy: If imaging raises concerns about the potential for cancer, surgical removal is often recommended to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.
    Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The analysis further showed a strong association between colon cancer risk and obesity, family history of gastrointestinal malignancy, and symptoms such as abdominal pain or rectal bleeding.
    Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of malignancy
Noun
  • Did the hostility between Administration and newspaper come back to haunt Nixon?
    John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • All Greeks were guaranteed safe passage traveling to or from the contests (though the popular idea that all inter-state hostilities ceased may be a myth).
    Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • His Cyrano is the play’s hero, even if the character’s psychological limitations are as much a factor in the story as the machinations of De Guiche, whose malignity is sent up in Nathanson’s flamboyantly comic turn.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
  • For a decade, the central drama of Trumpism has concerned the Republican élites who continued to support him—the story has been about their malignity, or opportunism, or willful moral blindness.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2023
Definition of malignity
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