Is this emotional abuse?

If one parent was constantly saying things about the other parent to the child (Things like ‘Your Mother is a drug addict and is only a nurse so she can steal hospital drugs’ and ‘She is going to kick me out of the house, take ALL my money and stop me from ever seeing you again) that where not true, and the child was at a very young age, about 8–10, would this count as emotional abuse? Im not talking about the odd comment, I mean as in almost every time they meet, for a few years.