verbal abuse
noun
: harsh and insulting language directed at a person
She was a victim of verbal abuse.
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Allegations of medical neglect and verbal abuse are mounting about life inside Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida immigrant detention center.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Jackson has alleged that Burgin subjected her to physical and verbal abuse and threatened to kill her multiple times.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 17 July 2025
Contestant Huda Mustafa, whose verbal abuse of her partner caused some to argue that production should have kicked her off the show, was saved from elimination not once but twice by the islanders.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 14 July 2025
The physical abuse and verbal abuse, the mental and emotional abuse was not right.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 18 June 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Jackson has alleged that Burgin subjected her to physical and verbal abuse and threatened to kill her multiple times.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 17 July 2025
Contestant Huda Mustafa, whose verbal abuse of her partner caused some to argue that production should have kicked her off the show, was saved from elimination not once but twice by the islanders.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 14 July 2025
The physical abuse and verbal abuse, the mental and emotional abuse was not right.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for verbal abuse
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“Verbal abuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbal%20abuse. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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