The Novice Writer: Abrasive Explained!!

Abrasive Explained!!

Abrasive

adjective

Meaning and Usage:

Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
Causing irritation or annoyance.
Tending to abrade; causing abrasion; abrading; Tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive...
Rough, Harsh, Rasping

Could the inside of this mascot costume be any more abrasive? It is rubbing my skin raw! I have some seriously abrasive remarks for whoever designed this thing.

The waves had an abrasive action on the rocks.

An abrasive display of rude behavior.

Other Forms:

Abrade - verb
Abrasively - adverb
Abrasiveness - noun
Unabrasive - adjective
Unabrasively - adverb

Synonyms:

Annoying
Biting
Caustic (capable of burning or corroding; extremely critical or sarcastic)
Acerbic
Erosive
Corroding
Mordant
Pungent
Tart
Acrid
Nasty
Excoriate (to rub the skin off of; to criticize very harshly)
Cutting
Rough
Harsh
Sharp
Galling
Hurtful
Antagonistic
Detrimental
Deleterious
Hateful
Offensive
Spiky
Unpleasant
Aggravating
Bothersome
Chafing
Exasperating
Frustrating
Irksome
Nettlesome

Antonyms:

Agreeable
Calm
Kind
Mild
Nice
Pleasant
Pleasing
Delightful
Soothing
Moderate
Likable
Smooth
Soft

Related Words:

Burdensome
Discomforting
Displeasing
Disquieting
Distressing
Importunate
Importune
Inconveniencing
Angering,
Enraging,
Infuriating;
Brattish,
Bratty,
Mischievous,

Jangling
Jarring
Spiny
Thorny

Rhymes:

Anything that ends with '-ive'.
Active
Captive
Forgive
Pensive
Adhesive
Adaptive
Incentive
Lucrative

Anagrams:

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Bear Visa
Bias Rave
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I save bar...
Save a rib...

Origin:

"an abrasive substance," 1853, from abrasive (adj.).

adj.

1805, from Latin abras-, past participle stem of abradere (see abrasion) + -ive. Figurative sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925. Related: Abrasively; abrasiveness.

Once upon a time, English had two different but similarly derived words meaning "to wear down": abrade and abrase. However, in this fairy tale, only one of the two had a happy ending; while abrade remains a familiar word to modern English speakers, abrase has become quite rare. And yet, abrase lives on in its descendant abrasive, which was formed by combining the verb with the -ive suffix. Both of the verbs, and by extension abrasive, can be traced back to the Latin verb abradere, meaning "to scrape off." Abradere in turn is a combination of ab- and radere, meaning "to scrape."

Sentences:

Like caustic and excoriate, abrasive can be used literally or metaphorically. You scrub a dirty pan with something abrasive, such as a steel wool. Harsh criticism is abrasive, like being scrubbed with the steel wool.
Its sharp edges are abrasive, speeding up the process.
I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.
He smiled at her, understanding what it was to mourn the loss of a sibling. As much as he missed Jade, he was glad he at least had Hannah to fall back on. She had Katie's beauty – without the abrasive personality.
Bless Maryland Deathfest for providing planet earth with one of its preeminent annual showcases for dark and abrasive music.
Primary microplastics include resin pellets that are melted down to manufacture plastic products—also known as nurdles—and microbeads added to products such as cosmetics, soaps, and toothpaste as abrasives.
Even non-whitening version often contain chemicals and abrasives that can make acne worse.
In the meantime, consumers can protect themselves by being more conservative when using abrasives such as facial scrubs, or harsh products containing glycolic, salicylic or retinoic acid, Day said.
As the video above explains, today’s manufactured toothpaste have abrasives in them, too.
About 15 percent of the most finely ground glass — which isn’t good for bottle makers — will be sent to secondary markets for use in abrasives, large water filters, and concrete coatings, Lair said.