(1):

(a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

(2):

(a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

(3):

(a.) Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.

(4):

(a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

(5):

(a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.