Abrasive

/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/ adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
  2. 2
    a substance that abrades or wears down wordnet
  3. 3
    Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
  2. 2
    Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.

    "An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sharply disagreeable; rigorous wordnet
  2. 2
    causing abrasion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
harshablationablativeabradantabradantabrading

Example

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"He has an abrasive personality."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abrāsīvus

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