| 1. | ill-nature abusive speech Her thoughte that a lady should her spare. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 2. | One may be continually abusive without saying anything just but one cannot always be laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 3. | Some women like to be talked to in the most loving way, others in the most abusive way, and so on. - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |
| 4. | She should not use abusive language towards him, but rebuke him with conciliatory words, whether he be in the company of friends or alone. - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |