abrasive
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sɪv, -zɪv noun
1.
any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing |
| —adj | |
| 2. | causing abrasion; grating; rough |
| 3. | irritating in manner or personality; causing tension or annoyance |
| a'brasiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
abrasive
1853, n., "an abrasive substance," from L. abrasus, pp. of abradere (see abrasion); the adj. is attested from 1875; fig. sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
abrasive a·bra·sive (ə-brā'sĭv, -zĭv)
adj.
Causing abrasion. n.
A material used to produce abrasion.
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Example sentences
Hopes that she would be more moderate than her abrasive husband were quickly dashed.
Wet abrasive blast cleaning is a modification of traditional open abrasive blast cleaning.
Her charm was more often perceived as abrasive, her diplomacy tone-deaf.
He could also come across as abrasive and self-important.
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