abrasiveness

noun

1. any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.

adjective

2. tending to abrade; causing abrasion; abrading.
3. tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive: an abrasive personality.

noun

1. a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing

adjective

2. causing abrasion; grating; rough
3. irritating in manner or personality; causing tension or annoyance

n.

“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.

n.

1. The property of a substance that causes surface wear by friction.
2. The quality of being able to scratch or abrade another material.

adj.

1. Causing abrasion.

n.

1. A material used to produce abrasion.