People have been known to be arrested for verbal abuse... but that may be due to being aimed at the police. Verbal basically means speaking, so it depends what is said through the verbal use. E.g. bad language aimed at some,
name calling these can be classed as verbal abuse
Verbal Abuse - band - ended in 1995.
Verbal Abuse - band - was created in 1981.
Verbal hostility, or in other words, verbal harassment or abuse is basically a negative defining statement told to or about you or withholding a response and pretending the abuse is not happening. Verbal abuse (or hostility) can lead to emotional abuse and hostility in the workplace. This can lead to hatred and noneffective dispositions in the workplace, and this is precisely the reason why workplaces work to eliminate such disturbances. However, verbal abuse is seen in many other places, not just in the workplace. In school, it takes the title of bullying and even at home parents can emotionally abuse their children or spouses.
No, it is not verbal abuse. It is management, or a management style. It may be bad management, or a bad management style, but still not abuse.
Love does not create verbal abuse. Dominance does.
It is Verbal and Physical abuse. Verbal Abuse is considered with the swearing while the physical is the slapping.
Depends if there is abuse in forms of verbal abuse, things such as yelling, threatening can be classified as abuse. If not than yes it is
Leave!
From my brief research it appears that both verbal abuse AND mental abuse are both chargeable offenses under WA law.
There are various potential solutions to verbal abuse. For example, you could try to contact the local law enforcement department.
Go to your supervisor (unless your supervisor is the perpetrator), the Human Resources office, or to the grievance officer where you work. I'm hoping you work at a large enough company that you can do one of these.
That could be called verbal abuse.