Do you think I'm abrasive?
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Abrasive
//əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv//
Synonyms for "abrasive" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- абразивен adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- изтриващ adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- изтъркващ adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- абразив noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Catalan
1 entries- abrasiu adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Dutch
4 entries- irritant adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- irriterend adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- ruw adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- schurend adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Finnish
4 entries- hankaava adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- hiova adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- karkea adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- karski adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
French
3 entries- abrasif adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- rude adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- abrasif noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Galician
1 entries- abrasivo adj (producing abrasion; rough)
German
4 entries- abrasiv adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- rauh adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- schroff adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- Schleifmittel noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Greek
1 entries- τραχύς adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
Hungarian
4 entries- csiszoló adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- durva adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- durva adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- dörzs adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Italian
1 entries- abrasivo noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Occitan
1 entries- abrasiu adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Persian
2 entries- ساینده adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- سمباده noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Polish
2 entries- szorstki adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- ścierny adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Portuguese
2 entries- abrasivo adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- abrasivo noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Romanian
1 entries- abraziv adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Russian
3 entries- абрази́вный adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- шлифу́ющий adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- абрази́в noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oštra jezika adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- zajèdljiv adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- ȁbrazīvan adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- а̏бразӣван adj (producing abrasion; rough)
Spanish
4 entries- abrasivo adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- alisador adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- brusco adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
- irritante adj (rough and coarse in manner or disposition)
Swedish
2 entries- slipande adj (producing abrasion; rough)
- abrasivmedel noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- абрази́в noun (substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He was being very abrasive.
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He has an abrasive personality.
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I can't stand being around abrasive people.
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