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abrasive
/ əˈɪɪ /
noun
- a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing
adjective
- causing abrasion; grating; rough
- irritating in manner or personality; causing tension or annoyance
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·s· adverb
- ·s·Ա noun
- ܲa·s adjective
- un·s· adverb
Example Sentences
The group recorded 19 studio albums, including its highly regarded 1978 LP, “Dub Housing,” and 1979’s “New Picnic Time,” a stressful and abrasive record that helped inspire acts like Sonic Youth.
The dust is also sharp due to slow erosion on the moon, Prisk observed: "this matters in terms of abrasive ability, for equipment."
He made no apologies for his combative public persona: “They want to call it being abrasive, being a bully. No, it’s standing up for what’s right.”
Signed at the age of 14, she had to fight to make the music she wanted - after years of being told her songs were too abrasive and uncommercial.
And so I empathize a lot with this character, who is admittedly abrasive, but I still empathize with her.
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