abrasive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.
Meanings
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
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Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.
The women of the movement, it struck me, were more humorless and more single-minded in their total dedication to the ideology than were the men. In fact, Chiang Ching was unpleasantly abrasive and aggressive. At one point that evening she turned to me and in a challenging voice asked, "Why did you not come to China before now?" Since the ballet was in progress at the time, I did not respond.
1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 570:An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most abrasive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more abrasive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unabrasive · abrasive paper · airbrasive · microabrasive · nonabrasive · dermabrasive · non-abrasive · abrasiveness · abrasively · abrasive blasting · abrasive disc
Synonyms
Translations (45)
es irritante (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · hu nyers (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · pl szorstki (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · el τραχύς (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · de schroff (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · hu goromba (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · fi karkea (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · sv slipande (producing abrasion; rough) · fr abrasif (producing abrasion; rough) · hu durva (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · sh oštra jezika (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · fa ساینده (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · de abrasiv (producing abrasion; rough) · oc abrasiu (producing abrasion; rough) · es alisador (producing abrasion; rough) · ru шлифу́ющий (producing abrasion; rough) · hu dörzsölő (producing abrasion; rough) · hu dörzs- (producing abrasion; rough) · pl ścierny (producing abrasion; rough) · sh а̏бразӣван (producing abrasion; rough) · fr rude (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · nl schurend (producing abrasion; rough) · es abrasivo (producing abrasion; rough) · pt abrasivo (producing abrasion; rough) · fi hiova (producing abrasion; rough) · fi hankaava (producing abrasion; rough) · bg изтриващ (producing abrasion; rough) · hu érdes (producing abrasion; rough) · nl irritant (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · hu durva (producing abrasion; rough) · nl irriterend (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · sh ȁbrazīvan (producing abrasion; rough) · hu csiszoló (producing abrasion; rough) · hu koptató (producing abrasion; rough) · bg абразивен (producing abrasion; rough) · gl abrasivo (producing abrasion; rough) · sh zajèdljiv (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · ca abrasiu (producing abrasion; rough) · fi karski (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · bg изтъркващ (producing abrasion; rough) · de rauh (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · ro abraziv (producing abrasion; rough) · nl ruw (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · es brusco (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) · ru абрази́вный (producing abrasion; rough)