The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INSULT
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More clues leading to the result INSULT
- I seek advice, ditching company for rude behaviour
- Slight change isn’t limiting usage to begin with
- Slight fractures at the back, until mended
- Hormone; take second in time for smear
- Abuse popular American returning to Lithuania
- Sunlit cheek?
- Slight loss of area from incomplete shield
- Facing attack, Arab leader dismissing article’s abuse
- Avoiding A&E, bandage injury
- Slight change until accepting source of sickness
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The straight part
We know that "abuse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abuse = insult.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does INSULT mean?
INSULT noun- Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect.
- Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
- Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
- An assault or attack; (specifically) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
- An act of leaping upon.
- To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
- To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
- To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone).
- To leap or trample upon.