Meaning

2 senses
  1. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.

    abrasiv

    абрази́вныйabrazívnyj, шлифу́ющийšlifújuščij

  2. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.

    An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.

    Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.

    schroff, rauh

More definitions
  • causing abrasion
  • sharply disagreeable; rigorous

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Tom is abrasive.

  2. Tom was abrasive.

  3. Do you think I'm abrasive?

    deFindest du mich aggressiv? — Yorwba

  4. He thinks that English sounds abrasive.

  5. I can't stand being around abrasive people.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
producing abrasion; rough:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
producing abrasion; rough:
rough and coarse in manner or disposition:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.

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Forms

more abrasive, most abrasive
Comparativemore abrasive Lesson
Superlativemost abrasive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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