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ABRASIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being sharply disagreeable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("abrasiveness" is a kind of...):
disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)
Derivation:
abrasive (sharply disagreeable; rigorous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Synonyms:
abrasiveness; harshness; scratchiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("abrasiveness" is a kind of...):
raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)
Derivation:
abrasive (causing abrasion)
