abrasive

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abrasive
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Sense: Causing abrasion

Synonyms:

grinding , sharpening, cutting , abrading, abradant, rasping, rough , harsh , coarse , scratchy, sandpapery, rubbing, chafing, filing , polishing, scratching, scrubbing, smoothing, wearing away

Sense: Aggressively annoying

Synonyms:

irritating, grating, caustic, disturbing , harsh , annoying , aggressive , unpleasant , galling, rubbing up the wrong way

Synonyms:

grinder , grindstone, polisher, grater, rasp, file , millstone, sander, sandpaper, sharpening stone, whetstone, brush , pumice, pumice stone, emery board, nail file, sandblaster

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