abrasivein a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
abrasive as in: abrasive personality
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Despite her brilliant ideas, her abrasive personality often led to conflicts within the team.
abrasive = direct in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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Her abrasive comments during the meeting left everyone feeling a bit uncomfortable.
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She has an abrasive personality.
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His voice was abrasive, but he brought it back to a muffled whisper in a hurry. (source)abrasive = rough or disagreeable
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Grant knew that Ian Malcolm had his share of detractors, and he could understand why some found his style too abrasive, and his applications of chaos theory too glib. (source)abrasive = direct in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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Rather abrasively.† (source)abrasively = done directly in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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He rolled along with every inexplicable order from his superiors, every foolish act of his inferiors, and every abrasive personality that military life could throw at an officer. (source)abrasive = rough or disagreeable
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I want to be careful, that's all," said Bourne abrasively.† (source)abrasively = done directly in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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The Amy of today was abrasive enough to want to hurt, sometimes. (source)abrasive = rough or disagreeable
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She laughed abrasively.† (source)abrasively = done directly in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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At the hospital room door, I watch Johanna for a moment, realize that most of her ferocity is in her abrasive attitude. (source)abrasive = insensitive and disagreeable
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"Why wasn't the Agency informed of this tip you received seven months ago?" asked the CIA's Knowlton abrasively.† (source)abrasively = done directly in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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It's unfair to say anything negative about Pandora when she can't defend herself, but she was hard, very often abrasive. (source)abrasive = insensitive and disagreeable
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The table Richard had reserved was in a dim corner, away from the abrasive daylight.† (source)
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abrasive as in: rub with an abrasive
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Sandpaper is measured by its grit size, which refers to the size of the abrasive particles used in it.abrasive = a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to make smooth
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The abrasive texture of the volcanic rock made it difficult to climb.abrasive = rough
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Dentists use a special abrasive paste to polish our teeth during a cleaning, which helps to remove plaque and stains.abrasive = a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to polish or clean
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Sandpaper is an abrasive material commonly used in woodworking to smooth surfaces.abrasive = a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to make smooth
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The jeweler carefully used a fine-grit abrasive paste to bring out the luster of the antique ring.abrasive = a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to polish or clean
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He cleaned it with an abrasive.
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I pull a napkin out of the holder and wipe the abrasive paper across my eyes. (source)abrasive = rough (a substance that abrades or wears away what it rubs against)
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From New England Down East with its "eeahh" to Texas's drawl and its familiar "you-alls"; from the gentle nasality of the Midwest to the loud abrasiveness of the large Eastern cities with the inevitable "know what I mean?" tacked on to conversational sentences, whether questions or statements.† (source)abrasiveness = the tendency or degree to which a substance wears down another surfacestandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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It would take abrasives and chemicals—offhand, he wasn't even sure what kind—and scrubbing and scraping and grinding; and still, traces of blue would remain. (source)abrasives = substances that wear down other surfaces when rubbed against them
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Mixed with sweat, the dust formed an abrasive paste that collected in the clammy spaces between the feet and the simulated leather of the boys' cleats, gnawing blisters into their ankles. (source)abrasive = rough or irritating
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Unaccustomed to the irritating texture of doubt, she felt tears as its abrasiveness grated over the fragile skin of her life.† (source)abrasiveness = the tendency or degree to which a substance wears down another surface
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