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
  • By separating the cruelty from the constructive, a company can turn criticism into a catalyst for meaningful growth.
    Molly McPherson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The 17-year-old was charged with animal cruelty, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail, according to an arrest affidavit released in late November.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of cruelty
Noun
  • All of the hatred and violence of their relationship all culminated in this moment.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The promise comes several days after a man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said he was motivated by hatred of that system ‒ a hatred apparently shared by many people who have taken to social media in the days since the Dec. 4 killing.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 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
  • And not out of malice necessarily, some people are just so in their heads about their own stuff.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Iranian regime’s malice is aimed not only at the United States or the Jews.
    Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of malice
Noun
  • In spite of their scare against the Jets, the Dolphins are on a playoff push with SU wins in four of their last five.
    Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That’s in spite of the iPhone maker’s modest decline for the session.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of spite
Noun
  • The American Cancer Society identifies it as a factor in 40% of all cancer cases and 50% of cancer deaths, with clear links to malignancies of the uterus, esophagus, kidney, liver and gallbladder.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Mustang Bio's pipeline focuses on CAR T therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, with ongoing collaborations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and City of Hope.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of malignancy
Noun
  • In January, the World Bank and Ipsos, a market research firm, estimated that nearly 60% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed by hostilities.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Soon afterward, the U.S. said the system would not be deployed to Ukraine, with deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh telling reporters that the war between Russia and Ukraine differed to hostilities in the Middle East.
    Michael D. Carroll AND Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 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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