1. abrasive - Noun
2. abrasive - Adjective
3. abrasive - Adjective Satellite
Producing abrasion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryChange means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. Saul Alinsky
The global village is a place of very arduous interfaces and very abrasive situations. Marshall McLuhan
"One cannot lose what one has not possessed." So much for that abrasive gem. I can lose what I want. I want you. Geoffrey Hill
I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. Paul Thomas Anderson
Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as a freedom, abrasive speech as equality, and anarchy as progress. Isocrates
In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world. Shalom Harlow