Abrasiveness
any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
tending to ; causing ; .
tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive:
an abrasive personality.
contemporary examples
when in disagreement, scalia became known for the “abrasiveness of his attacks against opponents.”
the outside game of justice scalia, a loner with clout david fontana june 15, 2014
noun
a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing
adjective
causing abrasion; grating; rough
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.
abrasiveness a·bra·sive·ness (ə-brā’sĭv-nĭs, -zĭv-)
n.
the property of a substance that causes surface wear by friction.
the quality of being able to scratch or abrade another material.
abrasive a·bra·sive (ə-brā’sĭv, -zĭv)
adj.
causing abrasion. n.
a material used to produce abrasion.
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