abrasive

Speech parts

1. abrasive - Noun

2. abrasive - Adjective

3. abrasive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Producing abrasion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harsh scratchy abradant abrasive material emery hard acid severe offensive sharp cutting rough bitter coarse grinding
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Antonyms

bate soft smooth mild modify healing
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Hypernyms

material stuff

Hyponyms

quartz diamond sandpaper emery paper carborundum steel wool

Related terms

abrasion

Phrases with the word

abrasive stone abrasive hack abrasive backing material abrasive roll abrasive screen abrasive disk

Examples

Change 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

Close letter words and terms

abrasion platform abrasional abrasionally abrasive backing abrasive backing cloth abrasive backing fabric