Scornful vs. Abusive

Scornful (adjective)

Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.

Abusive (adjective)

Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. First attested in the early 17^th century.

Abusive (adjective)

Tending to deceive; fraudulent. Attested only from the early to mid 17^th century.

Abusive (adjective)

Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

Abusive (adjective)

Given to misusing. Attested only in the mid 17^th century.

Abusive (adjective)

Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.

Abusive (adjective)

Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. First attested in the mid 16^th century.page=10

Abusive (adjective)

Catachrestic. First attested in the mid 16^th century.

Abusive (adjective)

Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse. First attested in the late 16^th century.