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Abrasive

//əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

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
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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin abrāsīvus

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin abrāsīvus

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